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Table 1 Characteristics of study population according to gender [mean (95% CI)]

From: Height-obesity relationship in school children in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a cross-sectional study in Cameroon

Variables

Girls

Boys

p -value

N = 270

N = 287

Age

8.9

(8.7 - 9.1)

9.0

(8.8 - 9.2)

0.400

Height (cm)

132.4

(131.0 - 134.1)

133.0

(131.6 - 134.4)

0.536

Height SDSa

0.01

(−0.16 - 0.18)

−0.07

(−0.22 - 0.08)

0.494

Weight (kg)

30.8

(29.8 - 31.8)

30.8

(29.9 - 31.7)

0.998

Weight SDSa

0.13

(−0.01 - 0.27)

0.19

(0.07 - 0.31)

0.518

BMI (kg/m2)

17.2

(16.9 - 17.5)

17.1

(16.9 - 17.3)

0.478

BMI SDSa

0.19

(0.07 - 0.31)

0.38

(0.29 - 0.47)

0.015

WC (cm)

58.4

(57.7 - 59.1)

58.6

(58.0 - 59.2)

0.679

WC SDSb

0.51

(0.40 - 0.62)

0.36

(0.27 - 0.45)

0.039

  1. a, b,standard deviation scores (SDS) account for sex and age and differences represent values in this study relative to the WHO 2007 and UK 1990 growth reference data respectively. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.