Table 1. Sample distribution according to excess weight, abdominal obesity, and their simultaneous presence in adolescent students from Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2016.
| Variables | n (%) | Excess weightb | Abdominal obesityb | Excess weight and abdominal obesityb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %(95%CI) | p-value | n | %(95%CI) | p-value | n | %(95%CI) | p-value | ||
| Total | 583 (100.0) | 196 | 33.6 (29.9-37.5) | 68 | 11.7 (9.3-14.6) | 59 | 10.3 (7.9-12.8) | |||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 283 (48.5) | 109 | 55.6 (48.5-62.5) | 0.01a | 27 | 39.7 (28.6-52.0) | <0.12 | 27 | 45.8 (33.2-58.8) | 0.64 |
| Female | 300 (51.5) | 87 | 44.4 (37.5-51.5) | 41 | 60.3 (48.0-71.4) | 32 | 54.2 (41.1-66.8) | |||
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||
| 11 to 14 | 308 (52.8) | 156 | 79.6 (73.3-84.7) | 0.01a | 36 | 52.9 (40.8-64.7) | 0.98 | 36 | 61.0 (57.7-72.8) | 0.01 |
| 15 to 17 | 275 (47.2) | 49 | 20.4 (15.3-26.7) | 32 | 47.1 (35.3-59.2) | 23 | 39.0 (27.1-47.3) | |||
| Maternal schooling | ||||||||||
| ≤8 years | 258 (44.2) | 100 | 51.0 (43.9-58.0) | 0.02a | 22 | 32.3 (22.1-44.6) | 0.03a | 21 | 35.6 (24.2-48.9) | 0.15 |
| 9 or more years | 325 (55.8) | 96 | 49.0 (42.0-56.0) | 46 | 67.7 (55.4-77.9) | 38 | 64.4 (51.1-75.8) | |||
| Balanced diet | ||||||||||
| Often | 279 (47.8) | 94 | 47.9 (40.9-55.1) | 0.97 | 29 | 42.6 (31.2-54.9) | 0.35 | 24 | 40.7 (28.6-53.9) | 0.24 |
| Sporadically | 304 (52.2) | 102 | 52.0 (45.0-59.0) | 39 | 57.4 (45.1-68.8) | 35 | 59.3 (46.0-71.3) | |||
| Physical activity | ||||||||||
| Active | 26 (4.5) | 12 | 6.1 (3.5-10.5) | 0.17 | 02 | 3.0 (0.7-11.3) | 0.51 | 02 | 3.3 (0.8-13.0) | 0.67 |
| Little active | 557 (95.5) | 184 | 93.9 (89.4-96.5) | 66 | 97.0 (88.6-99.3) | 57 | 96.7 (86.7-99.2) | |||
| Cigarette smoking | ||||||||||
| No | 533 (91.4) | 177 | 90.3 (85.2-93.7) | 0.49 | 65 | 95.6 (86.8-98.6) | 0.19 | 56 | 94.9 (84.9-98.4) | 0.31 |
| Yes | 50 (8.6) | 19 | 9.7 (6.2-14.7) | 03 | 4.4 (1.4-13.1) | 03 | 5.1 (1.6-15.0) | |||
| Excessive alcohol consumption | ||||||||||
| No | 459 (78.7) | 162 | 82.6 (76.6-87.4) | 0.10 | 50 | 73.5 (61.5-82.8) | 0.28 | 45 | 76.3 (63.4-85.6) | 0.63 |
| Yes | 124 (21.3) | 34 | 17.4 (12.6-23.3) | 18 | 26.5 (17.1-38.5) | 14 | 23.7 (14.4-36.6) | |||
| Screen time | ||||||||||
| <4 hours/day | 211 (36.2) | 70 | 35.7 (29.2-42.7) | 0.86 | 30 | 44.1 (32.6-56.3) | 0.15 | 27 | 45.8 (33.2-58.8) | 0.11 |
| ≥4 hours/day | 372 (63.8) | 126 | 64.3 (57.3-70.7) | 38 | 55.9 (43.6-67.4) | 32 | 54.2 (41.1-66.8) | |||
n: sample size; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval; ap<0.05; bPearson’s chi-square test for the difference between excess weight, abdominal obesity, and simultaneous excess weight and abdominal obesity with the covariates.