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. 2016 Jul 26;9(4):241–250. doi: 10.1159/000445382

Table 2.

Overweight and obesity prevalence in adolescent females and males according to the type of secondary school they are attending in years 2009 and 2014

School 2009
2014
females
males
females
males
grammar (n = 1,371, 39%) non-grammar (n = 1,259, 36%) Δ non-grammar – grammar grammar (n = 820, 24%) non-grammar (n = 1,946, 58%) Δ non-gramma –grammar r grammar (n = 1549, 44%) non-grammar (n = 1,585, 45 %) Δ non-grammar – grammar grammar (n = 939, 21%) non-grammar (n = 3,060, 68%) Δ non-grammar – grammar
Over-weight 16.8 (14.9–19.0) 28.7 (26.3–31.3) 11.9 (8.6–15.2) p < 0.001 22.3 (19.6–25.4) 31.6 (29.6–33.7) 9.3 (5.7–12.9) p < 0.001 17.9 (16.1–20.0) 29.7 (27.5–32.0) 11.8 (8.8–14.8) p < 0.001 20.4 (17.9–23.1) 33.6 (31.9–35.3) 13.2 (10.0–16.3) p < 0.001

Obesity 4.2 (3.3–5.5) 8.6 (7.1–10.3) 4.4 (2.4–6.3) p < 0.001 5.3 (3.9–7.1) 11.2(9.9–12.7) 5.9 (3.8–8.1) p < 0.001 3.3 (2.5–4.3) 7.8 (6.5–9.2) 4.4 (2.8–6.1) p < 0.001 4.0 (2.9–5.5) 12.0 (10.9–13.3) 8.0 (6.2–9.8) p < 0.001

Overweight and obesity prevalence is expressed as percentage and 95% confidence interval. Non-grammar school includes vocational and technical/professional schools. Δ – difference.