Table 3. Eating sweets in the surveyed group of students.

Eating sweets		5–85 BMI percentile		≥85 BMI percentile		p*	p**
		n	%	n	%		5–85 BMI percentile vs ≥85 BMI percentile
Girls	Rarely or none	31	3.0	10	5.4	0.001	<0.016
	Several times a week	735	72.1	117	77.6		ns
	Several times a day	253	24.8	20	17.0		<0.016
Boys	Rarely or none	25	4.7	12	10.5	0.003	ns
	Several times a week	380	71.3	105	81.2		ns
	Several times a day	128	24.0	16	8.3		<0.016
Total	Rarely or none	56	3.6	22	7.9	<0.001	<0.016
	Several times a week	1115	71.8	222	79.3		<0.016
	Several times a day	381	24.5	36	12.8		<0.016

Notes:

^*Pearson’s chi-squared test.

^**Post hoc pairwise comparisons test including Bonferroni correction for multiple comparison.