Table 1.
Sample featuring based on obesity in students in the age group 12–17, from Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2013 -2014
| Variable | Total | Obese | Non-obese | Non-adjusted OR * | CI 95% | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||
| Sex (n = 2.530) | |||||||
| Male | 50.32 | 50.08 | 50.34 | Ref | |||
| Female | 49.68 | 49.92 | 49.66 | 1.04 | 0.95 | 1.15 | 0.352 |
| Age group (n = 2.530) | |||||||
| < 15 years | 51.21 | 63.82 | 50.23 | Ref | |||
| > = 15 years | 48.79 | 36.18 | 49.77 | 0.67 | 0.6 | 0.76 | < 0.001* |
| Self-referred skin color (n = 2.473) | |||||||
| White | 33.8 | 24.51 | 34.49 | Ref | |||
| Black or brown | 62.53 | 71.19 | 61.89 | 2.21 | 1.95 | 2.5 | < 0.001* |
| Asian | 2.31 | 3.18 | 2.25 | 1.21 | 0.78 | 1.87 | 0.389 |
| Indigenous | 1.36 | 1.12 | 1.37 | 1.22 | 0.71 | 2.09 | 0.454 |
| Socioeconomic score (n = 2.473) | |||||||
| High | 29.52 | 37.44 | 28.94 | Ref | |||
| Medium | 69.2 | 61.24 | 69.79 | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.81 | < 0.001* |
| Low | 1.27 | 1.32 | 1.28 | 0.75 | 0.49 | 1.15 | 0.193* |
| Lives with parents (n = 2.530) | |||||||
| Both parents | 56.65 | 61.04 | 56.31 | Ref | |||
| Only with the mother or the father | 38.81 | 33.02 | 39.26 | 0.78 | 0.7 | 0.87 | < 0.001* |
| No | 4.54 | 5.94 | 4.43 | 2.01 | 1.67 | 2.42 | < 0.001* |
| How often the legal guardian has supper with the adolescent (n = 2,530) | |||||||
| Never or almost never | 13.23 | 17.41 | 12.9 | Ref | |||
| Sometimes | 24.14 | 26.77 | 23.93 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.9 | < 0.01* |
| Almost every day | 21.04 | 17.47 | 21.31 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 0.57 | < 0.001* |
| Every day | 41.59 | 38.35 | 41.86 | 0.54 | 0.47 | 0.62 | < 0.001* |
| Breakfast-having frequency (n = 2,530) | |||||||
| Does not have it | 17.48 | 20.1 | 17.28 | Ref | |||
| Sometimes | 27.31 | 33.76 | 26.81 | 0.89 | 0.78 | 1.02 | 0.124* |
| Almost every day | 12.59 | 11.17 | 12.7 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 0.67 | < 0.001* |
| Every day | 42.62 | 34.97 | 43.21 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.55 | < 0.001* |
| Exercising (n = 2,530) | |||||||
| Inactive (0 min/week) | 30.84 | 34.71 | 30.54 | Ref | |||
| Insufficiently active (1 – 299 min/week) | 27.18 | 27.79 | 27.13 | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.96 | 0.01* |
| Active (≥ 300 min/week) | 41.98 | 37.50 | 42.33 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.97 | 0.014* |
Weighed sample rate. * p < 0.20