Table 4.
Gender and age by nutritional status.
| Nutritional Status N (%) |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight 25 (8) |
Normal Weight 181 (57.6) |
Overweight 83 (26.4) |
Obese 25 (8) |
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| Sex (p = 0.06) | Females | 16 (9.8) | 102 (62.2) | 37 (22.6) | 9 (5.5) | 164 (100) |
| Males | 9 (6.0) | 79 (52.7) | 46 (30.7) | 16 (10.7) | 150 (100) | |
| Age (p = 0.02)mean ± SD | 9.48 ± 2.9 | 10.4 ± 2.5 | 9.94 ± 2.1 | 9.04 ± 2.3 | 10 ± 2.4 | |
| Mother’s education level (p = 0.16) | Graduation | 12 (7.6) | 87 (55.4) | 47 (29.9) | 11 (7.0) | 157 (100) |
| Degree | 6 (12.5) | 27 (56.2) | 8 (16.7) | 7 (14.6) | 48 (100) | |
| Junior high school | 7 (9.0) | 43 (55.1) | 22 (28.2) | 6 (7.7) | 78 (100) | |
| I don’t know/I don’t want to answer | 0 (0) | 24 (77.4) | 6 (19.3) | 1 (3.3) | 31 (100) | |
| Father’s education level (p = 0.01) | Graduation | 15 (10.8) | 75 (54) | 44 (31,6) | 5 (3.6) | 139 (100) |
| Degree | 4 (10.5) | 23 (60.5) | 7 (185) | 4 (10.5) | 38 (100) | |
| Junior high school | 6 (5.8) | 58 (56.3) | 24 (23.3) | 15 (14.6) | 103 (100) | |
| I don’t know/I don’t want to answer | 0 (0) | 25 (73.5) | 8 (23.5) | 1 (3) | 34 (100) | |