Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and nutritional status of Mexican adolescents from ENSANUT-2006.
| Girls | Boys | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–15 Years (n = 2222) |
16–19 Years (n = 1630) |
p-Value | 12–15 Years (n = 2377) |
16–19 Years (n = 1377) |
p-Value | |
| Age Median (Range) | 13.5 (12.0–15.0) |
17.5 (16.0–19.0) |
13.5 (12.0–15.0) |
17.5 (16.0–19.0) |
||
| Socioeconomic level (%) | 0.38 | 0.08 | ||||
| Low | 48.9 | 48.1 | 48.5 | 43.2 | ||
| Medium | 32.9 | 31.2 | 31.0 | 31.8 | ||
| High | 18.2 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 25.0 | ||
| Area of living | 0.12 | 0.07 | ||||
| Urban | 56.5 | 59.9 | 57.1 | 61.8 | ||
| Region | 0.27 | 0.06 | ||||
| North | 13.1 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 15.2 | ||
| Centre | 45.5 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 46.3 | ||
| South | 48.6 | 39.4 | 40.1 | 38.6 | ||
| Weight status (%) | 0.86 | 0.015 | ||||
| Thinness | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| Normal weight | 66.6 | 67.2 | 67.2 | 71.8 | ||
| Overweight/Obese | 31.9 | 31.1 | 30.3 | 26.2 | ||
| Stunting (%) | 13.8 | 21.1 | < 0.0001 | 14.3 | 19.2 | 0.012 |
| Stunted subjects with overweight–obesity (%) £ | 25.0 | 31.2 | 19.2 | 25.2 | ||
| Anemia (%) ₰ | 10.2 | 10.8 | 0.67 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 0.005 |
| Anemic subjects with overweight–obesity (%) ꜜ | 40.2 | 30.2 | 33.5 | 24.0 | ||
Sample size: 7380; expansion factor: 7,078,490; ₰ sample size: 7080; expansion factor: 6,868,671. Anemia was estimated with hemoglobin concentration adjusted for geographic altitude; £ proportion of overweight–obesity among stunted subjects; ꜜ proportion of overweight–obesity among subjects with anemia.