Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics by gender, n [% (95% CI)], mean age 9.0 ± 1.8 years
|
Variables |
Girls |
Boys |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
N = 270 |
N = 287 |
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| n | [% (95% CI)] | n | [% (95% CI)] | |||
| Degree of urbanization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rural |
83 |
30.7 |
(25.5 - 36.5) |
90 |
31.4 |
(26.2 - 36.9) |
| Urban |
187 |
69.3 |
(61.3 - 76.7) |
197 |
68.6 |
(63.0 - 73.8) |
| Socioeconomic status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low |
117 |
43.3 |
(37.6 - 49.2) |
123 |
42.9 |
(37.3 - 48.7) |
| Middle |
70 |
25.9 |
(21.0 - 31.5) |
74 |
25.8 |
(21.1 - 31.1) |
| High |
73 |
27.0 |
(22.1 - 32.6) |
65 |
22.6 |
(18.2 - 27.8) |
| Missing data |
10 |
3.7 |
- |
25 |
8.7 |
- |
| Body mass indexa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thinness |
5 |
1.9 |
(0.7 - 4.4) |
1 |
0.3 |
(0.0 - 1.9) |
| Normal |
219 |
81.1 |
(75.6 - 85.0) |
235 |
81.9 |
(77.0 - 85.9) |
| Overweight and obesity |
46 |
17.0 |
(12.9 - 22.0) |
51 |
17.8 |
(12.1 - 24.7) |
| Waist circumferenceb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Small |
2 |
0.7 |
(0.2 - 2.7) |
3 |
1.0 |
(0.3 - 3.1) |
| Normal |
220 |
81.5 |
(74.8 - 87.0) |
256 |
89.2 |
(80.2 - 98.5) |
| Abdominal overweight and obesity |
48 |
17.8 |
(11.8 - 25.1) |
28 |
9.8 |
(7.1 - 14.0) |
| Percentage body fatb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Low |
8 |
3.0 |
(1.5 - 5.7) |
3 |
1.0 |
(0.4 - 3.0) |
| Normal |
220 |
81.5 |
(76.4 - 85.7) |
268 |
93.4 |
(89.9 - 95.7) |
| High body fat and obesity | 42 | 15.5 | (11.7 - 20.4) | 16 | 5.6 | (3.5 - 8.9) |
abrelative to WHO 2007, UK 1990 growth reference data respectively.