Table 2.
BMI and age of children in the study
| Total | Girls | Boys | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 697 | n = 355 | n = 342 | ||
| (51 %) | (49 %) | |||
| BMI1, n (%) | ||||
| <2nd | 3 (0.5) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) | 0.5422,3 |
| 2nd – 84th | 421 (66.0) | 212 (64.4) | 209 (67.6) | |
| 85th – 94th | 125 (19.6) | 70 (21.3) | 55 (17.8) | |
| 95th – 100th | 89 (13.9) | 45 (13.7) | 44 (14.2) | |
| Age (months), median (range) | 18 (16-24) | 18 (16-24) | 18 (16-24) | 0.1324 |
1Weight and height were measured at the child health care centre and were used for calculating BMI in kg/m2
2Girls and boys were compared using the chi-square test
3For calculation of the p-value, the first two BMI categories were merged because of the low numbers of toddlers in the category < 2nd
4 Girls and boys were compared using the Mann–Whitney test