Table 2.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among boys of six ethnic groups
| Age(year) | Ethnicities | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fars | Kurd | Lor | Baluch | Turk | Arab | |||||||
| IRN* | IOTF* | IRN | IOTF | IRN | IOTF | IRN | IOTF | IRN | IOTF | IRN | IOTF | |
| 7 (OW** ) | 12.1 | 3.0 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 19.6 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 3.9 |
| 7 (Ob**) | 4.3 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| 8 (OW ) | 9.7 | 9.7 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 15.9 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 6.8 |
| 8 (Ob) | 12.8 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 18.8 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 0 | 16.4 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 3.9 |
| 9 (OW ) | 10.9 | 7.8 | 16.3 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 12.3 | 4.7 | 17.1 | 16.2 | 12.6 | 10.5 |
| 9 (Ob) | 13.0 | 4.7 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | .5 | 22.2 | 3.7 | 13.7 | 2.1 |
| 10 (OW ) | 7.1 | 13.6 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 17 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 8.8 | 11.0 |
| 10(Ob) | 16.2 | 1.9 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 22.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 23.6 | 4.5 | 18.2 | 6.1 |
| 11 (ow ) | 13.4 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 14.4 | 17.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 12.9 | 9.1 |
| 11(Ob) | 23.5 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 22.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 26.4 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 2.4 |
| 12 (OW ) | 11.6 | 16.9 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 10.1 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 12.1 | 11.7 |
| 12(Ob) | 20.0 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 17.6 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 21.6 | 5.3 | 15.0 | 4.4 |
| 13 (OW ) | 12.1 | 21.1 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 16.5 |
| 13(Ob) | 21.5 | 4.9 | 13.7 | 2.6 | 12.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 14.3 | 4.9 | 17.7 | 3.8 |
| 14 (OW ) | 11.3 | 15.7 | 14.1 | 9.0 | 15.3 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 15.5 |
| 14(Ob) | 17.4 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 15.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 17.9 | 8.2 | 14.7 | 5.4 |
| 15 (OW ) | 15.8 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 9.4 | 11.2 |
| 15(Ob) | 15.8 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 12.9 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 6.7 |
| 16 (OW ) | 11.5 | 11 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 16.3 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 5.9 |
| 16(Ob) | 11.5 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 13.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 17 (OW ) | 9.5 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 17 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 10.2 |
| 17(Ob) | 17.6 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 4.6 |
| 18 (OW ) | 18.5 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 14.8 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 14 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 13.2 |
| 18(Ob) | 15.1 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 0 | 12.8 | 5.1 | 12.1 | 5.2 |