Table 1. Age and sex distribution of the prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity + .
| Age | Males (%) | Females (%) | Total (%) | P -value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a n | Thinness | Over-
weight |
Obese | a n | Thinness | Over-
weight |
Obese | a N | Thinness | Over-
weight |
Obese | ||
| 6 | 46 (7.7) | 8 (11.9) | 4 (11.8) | 1 (5.3) | 58 (9.7) | 7 (12.5) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (9.5) | 104 (8.7) | 15 (12.2) | 6 (6.2) | 3 (7.5) | b 0.540 |
| 7 | 41 (6.8) | 4 (6.0) | 4 (11.8) | 3 (15.8) | 47 (7.8) | 8 (14.3) | 1 (1.6) | 7 (33.3) | 88 (7.3) | 12 (9.8) | 5 (5.2) | 10 (25.0) | b 0.209 |
| 8 | 58 (9.7) | 6 (9.0) | 6 (17.6) | 6 (31.6) | 43 (7.2) | 1 (1.8) | 10 (15.9) | 1 (4.8) | 101 (8.4) | 7 (5.7) | 16 (16.5) | 7 (17.5) | b 0.049 * |
| 9 | 53 (8.8) | 4 (6.0) | 8 (23.5) | 1 (5.3) | 61 (10.2) | 6 (10.7) | 11 (17.5) | 2 (9.5) | 114 (9.5) | 10 (8.1) | 19 (19.6) | 3 (7.5) | b 0.872 |
| 10 | 72 (12.0) | 8 (11.9) | 4 (11.8) | 1 (5.3) | 56 (9.3) | 7 (12.5) | 5 (7.9) | 3 (14.3) | 128 (10.7) | 15 (12.2) | 9 (9.3) | 4 (10.0) | b 0.479 |
| 11 | 33 (5.5) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (21.1) | 44 (7.3) | 2 (3.6) | 13 (20.6) | 1 (4.8) | 77 (6.4) | 4 (3.3) | 13 (13.4) | 5 (12.5) | b < 0.001 * |
| 12 | 59 (9.8) | 3 (4.5) | 4 (11.8) | 2 (10.5) | 52 (8.7) | 5 (8.9) | 1 (1.6) | 3 (14.3) | 111 (9.3) | 8 (6.5) | 5 (5.2) | 5 (12.5) | b 0.437 |
| 13 | 44 (7.3) | 3 (4.5) | 2 (5.9) | 1 (5.3) | 44 (7.3) | 2 (3.6) | 1 (1.6) | 2 (9.5) | 88 (7.3) | 5 (4.1) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (7.5) | b 0.827 |
| 14 | 41 (6.8) | 4 (6.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 38 (6.3) | 5 (8.9) | 5 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | 79 (6.6) | 9 (7.3) | 5 (5.2) | 0 (0.0) | b 0.017 |
| 15 | 43 (7.2) | 11 (16.4) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (7.0) | 4 (7.1) | 4 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 85 (7.1) | 15 (12.2) | 5 (5.2) | 0 (0.0) | b 0.066 |
| 16 | 23 (3.8) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (4.0) | 4 (7.1) | 2 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 47 (3.9) | 6 (4.9) | 2 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | b 0.160 |
| 17 | 39 (6.5) | 7 (10.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (7.0) | 2 (3.6) | 2 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 81 (6.8) | 9 (7.3) | 2 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | b 0.047 * |
| 18 | 30 (5.0) | 4 (6.0) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (5.3) | 2 (3.6) | 5 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | 62 (5.2) | 6 (4.9) | 6 (6.2) | 0 (0.0) | b 0.172 |
| 19 | 19 (3.2) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (2.7) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 35 (2.9) | 2 (1.6) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | b 0.443 |
| Total | 601 (50.1) | 67 (11.1) | 34 (5.7) | 19 (3.2) | 599 (49.9) | 56 (9.3) | 63 (10.5) | 21 (3.5) | 1200 (100.0) | 123 (10.2) | 97 (8.1) | 40 (3.3) | 0.016 * |
* Statistically significant
+ The WHO BMI-for-age classification was used such that those with < -2, -2 to 1, > 1 to 2 and > 2 were categorized as thinness, normal, overweight and obesity respectively
a - number in the group
b test of association between male and female rates (Pearson chi-square test)