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. 2018 Sep 17;62:10.29219/fnr.v62.1565. doi: 10.29219/fnr.v62.1565

Table 1.

Participant characteristics of the 1993–1996 and 2011 NAHSITsa

  NAHSIT 1993–1996
 NAHSIT 2011
 
 Total
 Boys
 Girls
 Total
 Boys
 Girls
n 788 391 397 1,274 633 641
YHEI-TwR-90b 46.1 ± 0.6 46.2 ± 1.0 46.1 ± 1.0 45.3 ± 0.8 44.7 ± 0.8 46.0 ± 0.8
YHEI-TwR-70c 38.3 ± 0.5 38.1 ± 0.9 38.5 ± 1.0 37.2 ± 0.8 37.1 ± 0.8 37.2 ± 0.9
Age (years) 16.7 ± 0.1 16.6 ± 0.1 16.7 ± 0.1 16.6 ± 0.04 16.6 ± 0.1 16.5 ± 0.04
Ethnicity (%)
 Fukienese 79.8 80.1 79.4 73.6 70.2 77.5
 Hakka 9.9 9.6 10.3 12.1 13.3 10.8
 Mainlander 9.0 8.8 9.2 10.7 12.5 8.7
 Indigenous 1.3 1.5 1.1 3.5 4.0 3.0
BMI (kg/m2) 20.8 ± 0.2 21.0 ± 0.3 20.6 ± 0.2 22.0 ± 0.1 22.6 ± 0.2 21.4 ± 0.2
Underweight
 WHO stdd 20.1 22.5 30.9 27.4 16.5 21.7
 Taiwan stde 13.3 8.5 18.3 8.5 8.1 8.8
Normal
 WHO std 62.7 65.0 59.9 61.3 59.2 63.6
 Taiwan std 66.6 73.1 60.1 61.4 59.3 63.8
Overweight
 WHO std 12.3 10.1 6.3 7.9 15.7 10.7
 Taiwan std 12.5 10.5 14.6 13.4 12.9 13.9
Obese
 WHO std 4.9 2.4 2.9 3.3 8.6 4.0
 Taiwan std 7.5 7.9 7.1 16.8 19.7 13.5
TSF (cm) 15.0 ± 0.6 11.3 ± 0.4 18.8 ± 0.6 17.7 ± 0.3 14.6 ± 0.4 21.0 ± 0.4
WC (cm) 66.9 ± 0.4 69.7 ± 0.6 64.1 ± 0.5 78.1 ± 0.3 79.6 ± 0.5 76.5 ± 0.4
TG (mg/dL) 67.0 ± 2.4 66.9 ± 2.7 67.0 ± 3.3 72.4 ± 1.1 74.0 ± 2.0 70.6 ± 1.2
LDL-C (mg/dL) 91.6 ± 2.1 88.9 ± 2.7 94.2 ± 2.4 91.7 ± 0.9 89.9 ± 1.1 93.7 ± 1.3
HDL-C (mg/dL) 57.7 ± 2.0 54.9 ± 1.8 60.2 ± 2.8 55.1 ± 0.4 51.6 ± 0.6 59.0 ± 0.4

NAHSIT, Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan; TSF, triceps skinfold thickness; WC, waist circumference; TG, triglycerides; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; YHEI-TwR, Youth Healthy Eating Index–Taiwan Revised.

a

Values are weighted to reflect their representation in the population and are percentages of mean ± SE.

b

YHEI-TwR-90 total scores range from 0 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher dietary quality.

c

YHEI-TwR-70 scores not including soft drinks and snacks range from 0 to 70.