Table 3.
Featuring the school environment based on obesity in students in the age group 12–17 years from Belo Horizonte City, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2013 -2014
| Variables | Total | Obese | Non-obese | Non-adjusted OR | CI 95% | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||
| School environment for exercising a (n = 2,530) | |||||||
| Unfavorable conditions | 64.63 | 64.19 | 64.61 | Ref | |||
| More favorable conditions | 35.37 | 35.81 | 35.39 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.89 | < 0.001* |
| Vulnerability to health index (VHI) (n = 2,466) | |||||||
| Low | 48.94 | 49.86 | 48.87 | Ref | |||
| Medium | 43.62 | 43.2 | 43.65 | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.97 | 0.021* |
| High and very high | 7.44 | 6.94 | 7.48 | 0.7 | 0.46 | 1.07 | 0.106 |
| School managerial dependence type (n = 2,530) | |||||||
| Public | 77.58 | 77.76 | 77.57 | Ref | |||
| Private | 22.42 | 22.24 | 22.43 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.66 | < 0.001* |
| Ready-to-eat food shops within the 800-m buffer around the school b (n = 2.530) (min., max.) | |||||||
| 1st tercile (2 – 49) | 37.78 | 33.91 | 38.07 | Ref | |||
| 2nd tercile (50 – 79) | 36 | 43.7 | 35.41 | 1.25 | 1.05 | 1.49 | 0.011* |
| 3rd tercile (85 – 437) | 26.22 | 22.39 | 26.52 | 1.23 | 1.04 | 1.46 | 0.015* |
| Number of drinking fountains c | 6.34 (0.52) | 5.66 (0.49) | 6.39 (0.53) | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.94 | < 0.001* |
Weighed sample rate. *p < 0.05
a Most favorable conditions: larger number of indoor courtyards, larger number of sports modality available at school (wrestling, soccer, volleyball, swimming and athletics, among others) and availability of pools in school environment
b Dinners, snack shops, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, hypermarkets and grocery stores
c Variable ‘number of drinking fountains’ is quantitative and it is expressed in means (standard deviation)