Table 3.
Age- and height-adjusted odds ratios (and 95 % confidence intervals) of overweight including obesity (OWO) and obesity (OB) by sex and overall (reference year 2002), using the criteria proposed by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF)(24,28) and the WHO(26,27), among representative samples of children aged 7·5–9·5 years, Tuscany region, Italy
| 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | |
| Boys | |||||||||
| OB | |||||||||
| IOTF | 1·00 | 0·86 | 0·60, 1·22 | 0·78 | 0·54, 1·13 | 0·75 | 0·51, 1·08 | 0·64** | 0·44, 0·93 |
| WHO | 1·00 | 1·34 | 1·00, 1·80 | 1·15 | 0·85, 1·55 | 1·08 | 0·80, 1·47 | 0·94 | 0·69, 1·27 |
| OWO | |||||||||
| IOTF | 1·00 | 1·04 | 0·82, 1·30 | 0·84 | 0·66, 1·06 | 0·86 | 0·68, 1·08 | 0·69** | 0·54, 0·87 |
| WHO | 1·00 | 1·35** | 1·09, 1·68 | 1·00 | 0·81, 1·25 | 0·96 | 0·77, 1·20 | 0·85 | 0·68, 1·06 |
| Girls | |||||||||
| OB | |||||||||
| IOTF | 1·00 | 0·84 | 0·58, 1·22 | 0·67 | 0·44, 1·03 | 0·66 | 0·44, 1·00 | 0·63** | 0·42, 0·95 |
| WHO | 1·00 | 1·15 | 0·83, 1·60 | 0·70 | 0·48, 1·01 | 0·88 | 0·62, 1·25 | 0·76 | 0·53, 1·08 |
| OWO | |||||||||
| IOTF | 1·00 | 1·16 | 0·92, 1·46 | 0·89 | 0·70, 1·15 | 0·78 | 0·61, 1·00 | 0·69** | 0·54, 0·88 |
| WHO | 1·00 | 1·11 | 0·89, 1·39 | 0·90 | 0·71, 1·13 | 0·81 | 0·64, 1·02 | 0·76** | 0·61, 0·96 |
| All | |||||||||
| OB | |||||||||
| IOTF | 1·00 | 0·85 | 0·66, 1·10 | 0·73** | 0·56, 0·97 | 0·70** | 0·53, 0·92 | 0·64** | 0·48, 0·84 |
| WHO | 1·00 | 1·25** | 1·01, 1·55 | 0·94 | 0·75, 1·19 | 0·98 | 0·78, 1·24 | 0·85 | 0·68, 1·08 |
| OWO | |||||||||
| IOTF | 1·00 | 1·10 | 0·93, 1·29 | 0·86 | 0·73, 1·02 | 0·82** | 0·69, 0·97 | 0·69** | 0·58, 0·82 |
| WHO | 1·00 | 1·23** | 1·05, 1·43 | 0·95 | 0·81, 1·12 | 0·89 | 0·76, 1·04 | 0·81** | 0·69, 0·95 |
**P<0·01.