Table 3. Eating sweets in the surveyed group of students.
Eating sweets | 5–85 BMI percentile | ≥85 BMI percentile | p* | p** | |||
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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.