Table 3.
Prevalence of overweight (including obesity) (n% and 95% confidence intervals), based on IOTF and WHO cutoff points, by age, sex, and geographical area of residence.
| Overweight (including obesity) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOTF | WHO | |||
| N | % (95% CI) | N | % (95% CI) | |
| Age | ||||
| 6 | 164 | 28.3 (24.8–32.2) | 199 | 34.3 (30.5–38.3) |
| 7 | 158 | 24.6 (21.3–28.0) | 196 | 30.5 (27.1–34.0) |
| 8 | 174 | 23.9 (20.9–27.0) | 215 | 29.5 (26.6–34.3) |
| 9 | 220 | 26.3 (23.5–29.4) | 267 | 31.9 (28.8–34.9) |
| 10 | 163 | 18.6 (15.6–21.4) | 204 | 23.2 (20.5–26.1) |
| 11 | 240 | 26.7 (23.8–29.6) | 275 | 30.6 (27.6–34.0) |
| 12 | 207 | 20.4 (17.9–22.7) | 252 | 24.8 (22.0–27.6) |
| 13 | 138 | 17.5 (14.9–20.3) | 162 | 20.5 (17.7–23.3) |
| 14 | 139 | 15.5 (13.2–18.1) | 149 | 16.6 (14.3–19.0) |
| 15 | 120 | 13.8 (11.5–16.1) | 127 | 14.6 (12.4–17.0) |
| 16 | 60 | 13.9 (10.4–17.4) | 63 | 14.6 (11.4–18.1) |
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| Sex | ||||
| Girls | 1009 | 21.7 (20.6–22.9) | 1105 | 25.7 (24.3–27.0) |
| Boys | 774 | 19.8 (18.5–21.0) | 1004 | 23.7 (22.5–25.0) |
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| Geographical area of residence | ||||
| Sea level | 810 | 41.3 (39.1–43.7) | 894 | 45.5 (42.5–47.7) |
| Amazon region | 838 | 18.8 (17.6–19.9) | 1025 | 23.0 (21.7–24.2) |
| High altitude | 135 | 6.3 (5.3–7.3) | 190 | 8.9 (7.8–10.1) |
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| All | 1783 | 20.8 (20.0–21.7) | 2109 | 24.6 (23.7–25.5) |