|
Quartiles of height SDS
|
N
|
Mean WC (cm) (95%
CI)
|
Mean WC SDS (95%
CI)
|
Prevalence of abdominal overweight/obesity
|
|---|
|
Overall % (95%
CI)
|
Girls % (95%
CI)
|
Boys % (95%
CI)
|
|---|
|
1
|
140
|
56.5 (55.9 - 57.1)
|
−0.11* (−0.22 - 0.00)
|
0.7 (0.1 - 3.9)
|
0.0 (0.0 - 1.0)
|
1.4 (0.2 - 7.6)
|
|
2
|
141
|
58.8 (57.9 - 59.7)
|
0.45* (0.31 - 0.59)
|
11.3 (7.8 - 16.3)
|
16.2 (9.2 - 26.7)
|
6.8 (2.5 - 15.5)
|
|
3
|
137
|
58.9 (58.1 - 59.8)
|
0.52* (0.40 - 0.64)
|
12.4 (7.6 - 19.3)
|
17.6 (10.4 - 28.2)
|
7.2 (3.0 - 16.9)
|
|
4
|
139
|
60.0 (58.9 - 61.0)
|
0.87* (0.72 - 1.02)
|
30.2 (23.0 - 38.5)
|
39.1 (28.1-51.3)
|
22.7 (14.4 - 33.6)
|
- CI, confidence interval; WC, waist circumference; SDS, standard deviation score. Prevalence was estimated using the 91st centile WC cut-off.
- *p < 0.05 after One-way ANOVA with post-hoc Bonferroni test.
