Table 2.

Overweight in adolescents from São José dos Campos, Brazil, according to age and gender

	No1	Yes2	% Yes2	p	OR
< 14 years
Male	168	53	24.0	0.020*	1.76 (1.09-2.85)‡
Female	223	40	14.7
≥ 14 years
Male	248	26	9.5	0.667*	1.18 (0.64-2.17)‡
Female	293	26	8.2

1. Without overweight; 2 With overweight

* Chi-squared test; ^‡Odds Ratio (95% confidence interval).

Chi-squared test for age < 14 years versus ≥ 14 years: Male (p = 0.000); Female (p = 0.011).