Table 2.
Prevalence rates of overweight and obesity grouped according to gender and demographic and socioeconomic variables.
| Variables | Male | Female | M x F | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Overweight n (%) | Obese n (%) | N | Overweight n (%) | Obese n (%) | p | |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| White | 64 | 24 (37.5) | 40a (62.5) | 95 | 53b (55.7) | 42 (44.3) | 0.035 |
| Non-white/non-black | 66 | 33 (50.0) | 33 (50.0) | 89 | 55 (61.8%) | 34 (38.2) | - |
| Black | 33 | 22 (66.7) | 11 (33.3) | 28 | 19 (67.8) | 9 (32.2) | - |
| Economic Class | |||||||
| A+B | 75 | 31 (41.3) | 44c (58.7) | 104 | 61d (58.6) | 43 (41.4) | 0.016 |
| C | 65 | 32 (49.2) | 33 (50.8) | 93 | 59 (63.4) | 34 (36.6) | - |
| D+E | 12 | 5 (41.6) | 7 (58.4) | 15 | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | - |
| Education Level of Head of Family(Years of Study) | |||||||
| <8 | 33 | 12 (36.4) | 21 (63.6) | 54 | 30 (55.5) | 24 (44.5) | - |
| ≥8 and <12 | 33 | 19 (57.6) | 14 (42.4) | 41 | 26 (63.4) | 15 (36.6) | - |
| ≥12 | 84 | 36 (42.8) | 48e (57.2) | 113 | 70f (61.9) | 43 (38.1) | 0.006 |
| School Administrative Category | |||||||
| Private | 35 | 18 (51.4) | 17 (48.6) | 41 | 22 (53.6) | 19 (46.4) | - |
| State public | 60 | 31 (51.6) | 49g (48.4) | 114 | 76h (66.7) | 38 (33.3) | <0.0001 |
| Municipal public | 37 | 19 (51.3) | 18 (48.7) | 57 | 29 (50.9) | 28 (49.1) | - |
| Sedentary Leisure: TV, Computer, Video Games(Hours/Day) | |||||||
| <2 | 15 | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | 26 | 14 (53.8) | 12 (46.1) | - |
| ≥2 and <5 | 72 | 33 (45.8) | 39 (54.2) | 92 | 52 (56.5) | 40 (43.5) | - |
| ≥5 | 50 | 23 (46) | 27i (54) | 71 | 47j (66.2) | 24 (33.8) | 0.027 |
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j - χ2 test, level of significance p≤0.05.