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. 2013 Jun 28;24(2):210–215. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt085

Table 1.

Trends in prevalence of overweight and obesity HBSC study, 2002–10

Variable 2002 2006 2010 2006 vs. 2002 2010 vs. 2002
%a %a %a OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Boys
    11years 21.4 30.1 30.7 1.580 (1.259–1.984)*** 1.625 (1.289–2.050)***
    13 years 17.1 21.2 27.3 1.300 (1.009–2.343)* 1.817 (1.409–2.343)***
    15 years 16.6 16.8 22.3 1.010 (0.779–1.311) 1.434 (1.112–1.851)**
Girls
    11 years 10.7 23.1 15.7 2.541 (1.929–3.347)*** 1.558 (1.155–2.102)**
    13 years 8.7 16.4 11.0 2.061 (1.524–2.786)*** 1.295 (0.934–1.795)
    15 years 6.6 11.6 11.4 1.868 (1.322–2.640)*** 1.830 (1.285–2.607)**

Results from logistic regression.

a: Percentage of participants who are overweight or obese.

OR = odds ratio (cohorts from year 2002 are reference groups), CI = 95% confidence interval.

*P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001.