Table 2.
Prevalence of weight status estimated using parent-reported or measured height and weight, and prevalence ratio (PR), in 4-year-old children, by sex and weight status classification. Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain, 2012 (n 2914)
| WHO classification | IOTF classification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent-reported | Measured | PR | Parent-reported | Measured | PR | |||||
| % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | % | 95 % CI | |||
| Total | ||||||||||
| Obesity | 16·2 | 14·9, 17·6 | 6·0 | 5·2, 6·9 | 2·7 | 12·1 | 11·0, 13·4 | 3·3 | 2·7, 4·0 | 3·6 |
| Overweight | 16·8 | 15·5, 18·2 | 17·3 | 16·0, 18·7 | 1·0 | 12·7 | 11·6, 14·0 | 9·3 | 8·3, 10·4 | 1·4 |
| Normal weight | 56·9 | 55·1, 58·7 | 75·7 | 74·1, 77·2 | 0·8 | 61·3 | 59·6, 63·1 | 84·0 | 82·7, 85·3 | 0·7 |
| Low weight | 10·1 | 9·1, 11·3 | 0·9 | 0·6, 1·3 | 10·9 | 13·8 | 12·6, 15·1 | 3·3 | 2·7, 4·0 | 4·2 |
| Boys | ||||||||||
| Obesity | 18·0 | 16·1, 20·0 | 6·2 | 5·1, 7·6 | 2·9 | 12·4 | 10·8, 14·2 | 2·7 | 1·9, 3·6 | 4·6 |
| Overweight | 16·6 | 14·7, 18·5 | 17·7 | 15·8, 19·7 | 0·9 | 12·0 | 10·4, 13·8 | 7·9 | 6·6, 9·3 | 1·5 |
| Normal weight | 55·2 | 52·6, 57·7 | 75·3 | 73·1, 77·4 | 0·7 | 62·8 | 60·4, 65·3 | 86·7 | 84·9, 88·3 | 0·7 |
| Low weight | 10·3 | 8·8, 11·9 | 0·7 | 0·4, 1·3 | 13·9 | 12·6 | 11·0, 14·4 | 2·7 | 2·0, 3·7 | 4·6 |
| Girls | ||||||||||
| Obesity | 14·4 | 12·7, 16·3 | 5·8 | 4·7, 7·1 | 2·5 | 11·8 | 10·2, 13·6 | 4·0 | 3·1, 5·1 | 3·0 |
| Overweight | 17·0 | 15·1, 19·0 | 16·9 | 15·1, 19·0 | 1·0 | 13·4 | 11·7, 15·3 | 10·8 | 9·3, 12·5 | 1·2 |
| Normal weight | 58·6 | 56·0, 61·1 | 76·1 | 73·9, 78·3 | 0·8 | 59·7 | 57·2, 62·3 | 81·3 | 79·2, 83·3 | 0·7 |
| Low weight | 9·9 | 8·5, 11·6 | 1·1 | 0·7, 1·8 | 8·9 | 15·0 | 13·2, 16·9 | 3·8 | 2·9, 4·9 | 3·9 |
IOTF, International Obesity Task Force.