Table 1 |
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Anthropometric characteristics of the study population, according to sex and school grade |
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N |
Age (years) |
Weight (kg) |
Height (cm) |
BMI (kg/m2) |
Overweight including obesity (%)* |
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Boys |
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Kindergarten |
3,980 |
5.5 (0.4) |
19.4 (3.5) |
112.8 (5.7) |
15.2 (2.0) |
9.7 (8.8 - 10.6) |
|
4th grade |
4,489 |
9.2 ( 0.4) |
29.5 (7.0) |
133.8 (6.3) |
16.3 (3.0) |
12.4 (11.5 - 13.4) |
|
7th grade |
4,262 |
12.5 (0.4) |
42.2 (11.0) |
151.8 (8.4) |
18.2 (3.7) |
13.2 (12.2 - 14.2) |
|
10th grade |
3,941 |
15.7 (0.4) |
57.7 (11.3) |
169.7 (7.6) |
20.0 (3.3) |
10.0 (9.0 - 10.7) |
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Girls |
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Kindergarten |
3,735 |
5.5 (0.4) |
19.0 (3.3) |
111.9 (5.8) |
15.1 (2.0) |
12.3 (11.2 - 13.3) |
|
4th grade |
4,411 |
9.2 (0.4) |
30.1 (7.8) |
133.8 (6.8) |
16.7 (3.4) |
17.8 (16.6 - 18.8) |
|
7th grade |
4,276 |
12.5 (0.4) |
46.0 (11.5) |
154.0 (7.2) |
19.2 (4.1) |
19.0 (17.8 - 20.2) |
|
10th grade |
4,246 |
15.7 (0.4) |
54.9 (11.9) |
160.2 (6.4) |
21.3 (4.2) |
18.1 (17.0 - 19.3) |
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*Overweight and obesity are defined according to the IOTF criteria [9] Results are expressed as mean (SD) for continuous variables and as percentage (95% confidence interval) for prevalence. |
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Bovet et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:65 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-65 |
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