Table 2.
Selected health status indicators including BMI (mean and by BMI status) of students attending school-based clinics at eight inner city high schools from 2003 to 2004
| High schools | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Overall | |
| (n = 117) | (n = 362) | (n = 364) | (n = 293) | (n = 344) | (n = 284) | (n = 458) | (n = 408) | (n = 2,630) | |
| Health status indicators | |||||||||
| BMI, mean (SD) | 25.31 (5.91) | 25.60 (6.86) | 25.70 (6.43) | 25.76 (6.99) | 26.11 (6.82) | 25.16 (6.49) | 24.81 (6.08) | 25.33 (6.58) | 25.46 (6.56) |
| BMI status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 1 (0.85) | 6 (1.66) | 5 (1.37) | 6 (2.05) | 6 (1.74) | 6 (2.11) | 15 (3.28) | 8 (1.96) | 53 (2.02) |
| Normal weight | 65 (55.56) | 211 (58.29) | 198 (54.40) | 164 (55.97) | 176 (51.16) | 164 (57.75) | 254 (55.46) | 234 (57.35) | 1466 (55.74) |
| Overweight | 25 (21.37) | 49 (13.54) | 62 (17.03) | 44 (15.02) | 63 (18.31) | 32 (11.27) | 72 (15.72) | 66 (16.18) | 413 (15.70) |
| Obese | 26 (22.22) | 96 (26.52) | 99 (27.20) | 79 (26.96) | 99 (28.78) | 82 (28.87) | 117 (25.55) | 100 (24.51) | 698 (26.54) |
| Asthma, n (%) | 22 (18.80) | 64 (17.68) | 38 (10.44) | 61 (20.82) | 55 (15.99) | 30 (10.56) | 72 (15.72) | 47 (11.52) | 389 (14.79) |
| High blood pressure, n (%) | 1 (0.85) | 2 (0.55) | 3 (0.82) | 5 (1.71) | 6 (1.74) | 2 (0.70) | 3 (0.66) | 3 (0.74) | 25 (0.95) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.83) | 2 (0.55) | 1 (0.34) | 1 (0.29) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.66) | 4 (0.98) | 14 (0.53) |
| Elevated cholesterol, n (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.28) | 2 (0.55) | 5 (1.71) | 2 (0.58) | 1 (0.35) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (0.42) |
| Depression, n (%) | 4 (3.42) | 46 (12.71) | 85 (23.35) | 33 (11.26) | 29 (8.43) | 16 (5.63) | 52 (11.35) | 17 (4.17) | 282 (10.72) |
| Anxiety, n (%) | 1 (0.85) | 6 (1.66) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.37) | 2 (0.58) | 2 (0.70) | 3 (0.66) | 2 (0.42) | 20 (0.76) |
| Disordered eating, n (%) | 3 (2.56) | 7 (1.93) | 6 (1.65) | 6 (2.05) | 9 (2.62) | 6 (2.11) | 6 (1.31) | 4 (0.98) | 47 (1.79) |
| Family problems, n (%) | 21 (17.95) | 84 (23.20) | 91 (25.0) | 100 (34.13) | 79 (22.97) | 32 (11.27) | 98 (21.40) | 50 (12.25) | 555 (21.10) |
| Sexually transmitted infection, n (%) | 8 (6.84) | 97 (26.80) | 92 (25.27) | 67 (22.87) | 44 (22.87) | 27 (9.51) | 48 (10.48) | 67 (16.42) | 450 (17.11) |