Table 2.
Body Mass Index (BMI) Percentile Classifications of Adolescent Survey Respondents in Pohnpei in 2015, by Demographic Characteristics
| Demographic Characteristics | Underweight n (%) | Healthy Weight n (%) | Overweight n (%) | Obese n (%) | P-value* |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 37 (3.2) | 899 (77.0) | 123 (10.5) | 108 (9.3) | <.01 |
| Female | 9 (0.7) | 788 (64.6) | 290 (23.8) | 132 (10.8) | |
| Age Groups | |||||
| 12–14 | 9 (1.6) | 406 (73.3) | 75 (13.5) | 64 (11.6) | .02 |
| 15–16 | 14 (1.3) | 739 (70.0) | 202 (19.1) | 101 (9.6) | |
| 17–18 | 23 (3.0) | 542 (69.8) | 136 (17.5) | 75 (9.7) | |
| Type of School | |||||
| Public | 36 (1.7) | 1488 (72.2) | 354 (17.2) | 183 (8.9) | <.01 |
| Private | 10 (3.1) | 199 (61.2) | 59 (18.2) | 57 (17.5) | |
| Grade | |||||
| 9 | 20 (2.4) | 613 (73.3) | 123 (14.7) | 80 (9.6) | .11 |
| 10 | 7 (1.1) | 437 (70.3) | 117 (18.8) | 61 (9.8) | |
| 11 | 8 (1.6) | 337 (67.0) | 104 (20.7) | 54 (10.7) | |
| 12 | 11 (2.6) | 300 (70.6) | 69 (16.2) | 45 (10.6) | |
| Total | 46 (1.9) | 1687 (70.7) | 413 (17.3) | 240 (10.1) | |