Table 5.
Prevalence of thinness for girls in India and the UAE
| India | UAE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | N | Mean ± SD | Percent of students in the <5th percentile of WHO standards | N | Mean and SD | Percent of students in the <5th percentile of WHO standards | Ttest |
| 11 | 98 | 14.08±1.7 | 61.2 | 104 | 17.77±3.36 | 14.4 | Sig |
| 12 | 97 | 15.08±2.64 | 52.6 | 102 | 20.05±5.47 | 4.9 | Sig |
| 13 | 112 | 15.89±2.88 | 43.8 | 108 | 19.95±3.81 | 5.9 | Sig |
| 14 | 100 | 16.57±2.68 | 42 | 102 | 21.47±4.3 | 6.9 | Sig |
| 15 | 121 | 16.57±2.8 | 52.9 | 110 | 22.31±3.96 | 5.5 | Sig |
| 16 | 68 | 17.31±2 71 | 48.5 | 42 | 23.28±5 25 | 11.9 | Sig |
| Total | 596 | 15.88±2.7 | 50.1 | 568 | 20.54±4.4 | 8.25 | Sig |
SD = Standard deviation, Sig = P<0.05