Table 4.
Estimated prevalence of obesity by area, sex and age sub-cohort during the follow-up from 2013 to 2016
| Age sub-cohort | Number of children | Baseline % 95% CI |
One year older % 95% CI |
Three years older % 95% CI |
Difference (2016–2013) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All samples | 2602 | 6.4 5.4–7.3 |
4.4 3.6–5.2 |
4.5 3.7–5.3 |
−1.9b** | |
| Urban total | 1311 | 9.2a*** 7.7–10.8 |
7.5a*** 6.1–8.9 |
7.1a*** 5.7–8.5 |
−2.1b* | |
| Urban boys | 3 years | 169 | 8.9 4.5–13.2 |
8.3 4.1–12.5 |
7.7 3.6–11.8 |
−1.2 |
| 4 years | 242 | 7.0 3.8–10.3 |
7.9 4.4–11.3 |
10.3 6.5–14.2 |
3.3 | |
| 5 years | 232 | 15.5 10.8–20.2 |
11.6 7.5–15.8 |
9.5 5.7–13.3 |
−6.0 | |
| 6 years | 56 | 7.1 0.2–14.1 |
5.4 1.1–14.9 |
3.6 0.4–12.3 |
−3.5 | |
| Urban girls | 3 years | 140 | 4.3 0.9–7.7 |
6.4 2.3–10.5 |
8.6 3.9–12.3 |
4.3 |
| 4 years | 197 | 12.7 8.0–17.4 |
7.1 3.5–10.7 |
5.6 2.3–8.8 |
−7.1b* | |
| 5 years | 228 | 7.5 4.0–10.9 |
4.8 2.0–7.6 |
3.5 1.1–5.9 |
−4.0 | |
| 6 years | 47 | 2.1 0.1–11.3 |
2.1 0.1–11.3 |
0.0 0.0–7.5 |
−2.1 | |
| Rural total | 1291 | 3.5 2.5–4.5 |
1.3 0.7–1.9 |
1.9 1.1–2.6 |
−1.6b* | |
| Rural boys | 3 years | 245 | 2.9 0.8–5.0 |
1.6 0.03–3.2 |
4.9 2.2–7.6 |
2.0 |
| 4 years | 219 | 2.7 0.6–4.9 |
0.5 0.0–2.5 |
0.5 0.0–2.5 |
−2.2 | |
| 5 years | 204 | 3.9 1.2–6.6 |
1.5 0.3–4.3 |
1.0 0.1–3.5 |
−2.9 | |
| 6 years | 24 | 0.0 0.0–14.2 |
0.0 0.0–14.2 |
0.0 0.0–14.2 |
0.0 | |
| Rural girls | 3 years | 191 | 3.1 0.6–5.6 |
2.1 0.05–4.1 |
3.7 1.0–6.3 |
0.6 |
| 4 years | 196 | 4.1 1.3–6.9 |
2.0 0.04–4.0 |
0.5 0.0–2.8 |
−3.6b* | |
| 5 years | 193 | 4.7 1.7–7.7 |
0.5 0.0–2.9 |
0.5 0.0–2.9 |
−4.2b** | |
| 6 years | 19 | 5.3 0.1–26.0 |
0.0 0.0–17.6 |
0.0 0.0–17.6 |
−5.3 |
a Urban vs. rural
b 2016 vs. 2013
*p < 0.05
**p < 0.01
***p < 0.001