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. 2015 Jul 31;18(17):3070–3077. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015002190

Table 1.

The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity of class 3 Barbadian public-school children (aged 8–11 years), the differences in prevalence according to various international growth references and the change in overweight and obesity from 1981 to 2010

All children (n 580) Boys (n 255) Girls (n 325)
Prevalence (%) 95 % CI Prevalence (%) 95 % CI Prevalence (%) 95 % CI
WHO BAZ
Underweight (<2 sd) 3·30 1·91, 4·69 3·52 1·26, 5·78 3·08 1·19, 4·27
OW (>1 sd to ≤2 sd) 17·4 14·3, 20·5 14·8 10·5, 19·2 20·0 15·6, 24·4
Obese (>2 sd) 17·4 10·2, 15·7 17·6 8·11, 16·1 17·2 10·1, 17·6
OWOB (>1 sd) 34·8 30·9, 38·7 32·4 26·7, 38·5 37·2 32·0, 42·7
IOTF BMI cut-offs
OWOB* 30·6 27·3, 33·9 24·8 20·1, 29·5 36·6 31·0, 41·1
CDC BMI percentiles
OWOB (≥85th) 29·1 25·4, 32·7 25·6 22·3, 29·5 32·3 27·2, 37·4
Harvard WHA
Underweight 2010 3·02 1·79, 4·25 3·02 1·14, 4·16 3·02 1·39, 4·65
Underweight 1981 10·5 7·30, 13·7 10·0 5·49, 14·51 11·0 6·45, 17·5
Difference −7·48 −6·98 −7·98
OWOB§ 2010 32·5 28·8, 35·5 25·3 20·5, 30·0 39·9 35·2, 44·5
OWOB§ 1981 8·52 5·60, 16·1 5·30 1·93, 8·67 11·5 6·87, 16·1
Difference|| 23·9 20·0 28·4

BAZ, BMI-for-age Z-score; OW, overweight; OWOB, overweight and obese; IOTF, International Obesity Task Force; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; WHA, weight-for-height-for-age.

*

Significant difference in OWOB prevalence between boys and girls, P<0·01.

<80 % WHA.

Significant decrease in prevalence of underweight from 1981 to 2010, P<0·01.

§

≥120 % WHA.

||

Significant increase in prevalence of overweight from 1981 to 2010, P<0·01.