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. 2012 Nov 29;9:139. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-139

Table 2.

Anthropometrics of the Swiss sample stratified by gender, parental education and ethnicity

Anthropometrics Total Gender   Parental education Language spoken at home Country of birth of parents
 
  
 Boys
 Girls
 Low
 High
 Non-native
 Native
 Non-native
 Native
 
 N=609
 N=311
 N=285
 N=175
 N=381
 N=139
 N=455
 N=201
 N=359
BMIa (mean, SDb)
 18.0 (2.8)
 18.1 (2.7)
 17.9 (2.8)
 18.3 (3.1)*
 17.8 (2.6)
 18.5 (3.2)*
 17.9 (2.6)
 18.2 (3.1)
 17.8 (2.5)
BMIa (median)
 17.4
 17.4
 17.4
 17.7
 17.3
 17.9
 17.3
 17.5
 17.2
WCc (mean, SDb)
 63.5 (7.5)
 64.6 (7.5)***
 62.4 (7.3)
 64.3 (8.1)*
 62.9 (7.0)
 65.9 (8.5)***
 62.9 (7.1)
 64.8 (8.1)***
 62.5 (6.8)
WCc (median)
 62.2
 63.1
 61.5
 63.3
 61.6
 64.0
 61.8
 63.0
 61.4
% Overweightd
 13.9
 15.8
 11.6
 15.4
 12.6
 21.6**
 11.5
 15.4
 12.3
% Obesed
 2.3
 1.9
 2.5
 3.4
 1.6
 5.8***
 1.1
 4.5*
 0.8
% BMI 1SDe
 18.4
 21.6*
 14.7
 20.6
 16.8
 25.2*
 16.3
 20.9
 16.2
% BMI 2SDe
 5.0
 6.5
 3.2
 5.7
 4.5
 7.9
 4.0
 7.0
 3.6
% BMI 3SDe 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0

aBMI=body mass index.

bSD=standard deviation.

cWC=waist circumference.

doverweight categories based on the IOTF criteria, including both overweight and obesity.

eBMI standard deviation scores, also called BMI z-scores, are measures of relative weight adjusted for child age and sex.

*p≤0,05.

**p≤0,01.

***p≤0,001.