Table 1. Prevalence of excess weight and abdominal obesity, according to gender and anthropometric variables of adolescent students. Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil 2012.
| Nutritional status | Gender | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male 1312 (45.8%) | Female 1554 (54.2%) | Total | |||||||
| n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | ||||
| BMI a | |||||||||
| With excess weight | 231 (17.6) | 15.5–19.7 | 279 (18.0) | 16.0–19.9 | 510 (17.8) | 16.4–19.2 | 0.80 | ||
| Without excess weight | 1081 (82.4) | 80.2–84.4 | 1.275 (82.0) | 80.0–83.9 | 2.356 (82.2) | 80.7–83.5 | |||
| WC b | |||||||||
| Abdominal obesity | 58 (4.4) | 3.3–5.6 | 63 (4.1) | 3.1–5.1 | 121 (4.2) | 3.5–5.0 | 0.62 | ||
| Normal weight | 1.254 (95.6) | 94.3–96.6 | 1.491 (95.9) | 94.8–96.8 | 2.745 (95.8) | 94.9–96.4 | |||
| WHtR c | 0.74 | ||||||||
| Abdominal obesity | 152 (11.6) | 9.9–13.4 | 174 (11.2) | 9.6–12.8 | 326 (11.4) | 10.2–12.5 | |||
| Normal weight | 1.160 (88.4) | 86.5–90.0 | 1.380 (88.8) | 87.1–90.3 | 2.540 (88.6) | 87.4–89.7 | |||
| NC d | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Excess weight | 522 (40.8) | 38.1–43.5 | 319 (21.0) | 19–23.2 | 841 (30.1) | 28.4–31.8 | |||
| Normal weight | 757 (59.2) | 56.4–61.9 | 1.197 (79.0) | 76.8–81 | 1.954 (69.9) | 68.2–71.6 | |||
BMI, body mass index; 95% CI, confidence interval; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist/height ratio; NC, neck circumference.
a
≥P85for excess weight.
b
≥P90for obesity.
c
≥0.5 for obesity.
d
NC>35.5cm for male, NC>32cm for female gender.