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. 2015 Apr 22;12(4):4422–4438. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120404422

Table 2.

Relationship between the nutritional status of individuals and socioeconomic, demographic and lifestyle indicators for all of individuals from I DISANDNT/JP, for the municipality of northeastern Brazil (2008–2010).

Variables Low weight/normal weight Overweight Obesity Total p-Value
n % n % n % N
Age group 0–9 139 68.47 40 19.7 24 11.82 203 0.0000 *
10–19 158 72.81 42 19.35 17 7.83 217
20–59 211 43.78 160 43.19 111 23.03 482
≥60 years 64 34.78 63 34.24 57 30.98 184
Sex Males 224 60.4 97 26.14 50 13.5 371 0.0000 *
Females 351 48.89 208 28.97 159 22.14 718
Sex: male (According to age group) 0–9 75 68.18 21 19.09 14 12.73 110 0.0000 *
10–19 72 72.00 22 22 06 6.00 100
20–59 47 48.96 32 33.33 17 17.71 96
≥60 years 25 41.67 22 36.67 13 21.66 60
Sex: female (According to age group) 0–9 64 68.82 19 20.43 10 10.75 93 0.0000 *
10–19 85 73.28 20 17.24 11 9.48 116
20–59 164 42.49 128 33.16 94 24.35 386
≥60 years 38 30.90 41 33.33 44 35.77 123
Schooling 1 Up to elementary school 281 53.12 133 25.14 115 21.74 529 * 0.0025
≥incomplete high school 290 52.16 172 30.93 94 16.91 556 0.0000 *
Schooling according to age group
Up to elementary school 0–9 84 74.34 16 14.16 13 11.50 113 0.0000 *
10–19 80 74.07 19 17.59 9 8.33 108
20–59 81 42.86 54 28.57 54 28.57 189
≥60 years 36 30.25 44 36.98 39 32.77 119
≥incomplete high school 0–9 55 61.11 24 26.67 11 12.22 90 0.5515
10–19 78 71.56 23 21.10 8 7.34 109
20–59 130 44.37 106 36.18 57 19.45 293
≥60 years 27 42.19 19 29.69 18 28.12 64
Family income (R$)2 ≤1000 304 54.19 110 19.61 147 26.20 561 0.0000 *
>1000 252 51.01 153 30.97 89 18.02 494
Family income according to age group
<Median 0–9 86 70.5 21 17.2 15 12.3 122 0.0000 *
10–19 89 72.35 26 21.13 8 6.50 123
20–59 103 33.1 70 29.3 66 27.6 239
≥60 years 24 32.87 28 38.5 21 28.76 73
≥Median 0–9 47 46.4 18 26.08 5 7.24 69 >0.0000 *
10–19 63 71.6 16 18.18 9 10.22 88
20–59 105 45.06 87 37.33 41 17.60 233
≥60 years 36 35.3 32 31.37 34 33.33 102
Smoking no 523 52.88 281 28.41 185 18.71 989 0.0471 *
yes 49 50.52 24 24.74 24 24.71 97
Alcohol consumption no 498 53.72 257 27.72 172 18.56 927 0.1785
yes 73 46.20 48 30.38 37 23.42 158
Pract. physical activity no 526 53.24 273 27.63 189 19.13 988 0.4611
(5 times/week) yes 46 46.94 32 32.65 20 20.41 98

Notes: * p < 0.05; 1 < elementary school, corresponding to 9 years or less of schooling, and ≥incomplete high school, corresponding to more than 9 years of education, 2 Median family income, R$1000.00, or $492.02. Abbreviations: SD—standard deviation, BMI—body mass index.