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. 2024 Mar 14;11:1380315. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1380315

Table 1.

Distribution of adolescents according to sociodemographic variables by country.

Variables n (%) Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Peru Venezuela Overall
87 (12.8) 123 (18.1) 64 (9.4) 73 (10.7) 69 (10.2) 73 (10.7) 97 (14.3) 94 (13.8) 680 (100.0)
Sex
Male 57 (65.5) 76 (61.8) 35 (54.7) 43 (58.9) 42 (60.9) 41 (56.2) 51 (52.6) 45 (47.9) 390 (57.4)
Female 30 (34.5) 47 (38.2) 29 (45.3) 30 (41.1) 27 (39.1) 32 (43.8) 46 (47.4) 49 (52.1) 290 (42.6)
Socio-economic status
Low 55 (63.2) 48 (39.0) 25 (39.1) 49 (67.1) 23 (33.3) 34 (46.6) 50 (51.5) 77 (81.9) 361 (53.1)
Middle 29 (33.3) 64 (52.0) 32 (50.0) 19 (26.0) 38 (55.1) 32 (43.8) 31 (32.0) 13 (13.8) 258 (37.9)
High 3 (3.4) 11 (8.9) 7 (10.9) 5 (6.8) 8 (11.6) 7 (9.6) 16 (16.5) 4 (4.3) 61 (9.0)
Educational level
Basic 83 (95.4) 99 (80.5) 60 (93.8) 56 (76.7) 65 (94.2) 71 (97.3) 52 (53.6) 77 (81.9) 563 (82.8)
High school 3 (3.4) 24 (19.5) 3 (4.7) 15 (20.5) 4 (5.8) 2 (2.7) 44 (45.4) 3 (3.2) 98 (14.4)
Undergraduate 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.6) 2 (2.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 14 (14.9) 19 (2.8)
Ethnicity
Caucasian 59 (67.8) 49 (39.8) 24 (37.5) 25 (34.2) 36 (52.2) 4 (5.5) 7 (7.2) 30 (31.9) 234 (34.4)
Mestizo 16 (18.4) 22 (17.9) 31 (48.4) 38 (52.1) 19 (27.5) 65 (89.0) 85 (87.6) 55 (58.5) 331 (48.7)
Afro-American 1 (1.1) 23 (18.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.7) 0 (0.0) 3 (4.1) 1 (1.0) 2 (2.1) 32 (4.7)
Indigenous 0 (0.0) 4 (3.3) 2 (3.1) 2 (2.7) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (1.3)
Others 11 (12.6) 25 (20.3) 7 (10.9) 6 (8.2) 13 (18.8) 1 (1.4) 4 (4.1) 7 (7.4) 74 (10.9)
Body mass index for age
Underweight 2 (2.3) 5 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.7) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.1) 12 (1.8)
Normal weight 80 (92.0) 111 (90.2) 59 (92.2) 68 (93.2) 62 (89.9) 69 (94.5) 89 (91.8) 88 (93.6) 626 (92.1)
Overweight 5 (5.7) 7 (5.7) 5 (7.8) 4 (5.5) 7 (10.1) 2 (2.7) 7 (7.2) 5 (5.3) 42 (6.2)
Height for age
Low 5 (5.7) 6 (4.9) 0 (0.0) 9 (12.3) 3 (4.3) 7 (9.6) 13 (13.4) 8 (8.5) 51 (7.5)
Risk of low height 5 (5.7) 9 (7.3) 8 (12.5) 6 (8.2) 11 (15.9) 7 (9.6) 15 (15.5) 7 (7.4) 68 (10.0)
Normal 77 (88.5) 108 (87.8) 56 (87.5) 58 (79.5) 55 (79.7) 59 (80.8) 69 (71.1) 79 (84.0) 561 (82.5)