Table 2 Prevalence of BMI groups in 29,410 children by the IOTF classification
From: Prevalence of thinness and its effect on height velocity in schoolchildren
Total participants n = 29,410 | Males n = 14,561 | Females n = 14,849 | *P value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | Number | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | Number | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | ||
Extremely obese | 1,454 | 4.9 | 4.6, 5.2 | 719 | 4.9 | 4.6, 5.3 | 735 | 4.9 | 4.6, 5.3 | 0.003 |
Obese | 2,492 | 8.4 | 8.1, 8.8 | 1,277 | 8.8 | 8.3, 9.2 | 1,215 | 8.2 | 7.7, 8.6 | |
Overweight | 4,622 | 15.7 | 15.3, 16.1 | 2,223 | 15.3 | 14.7, 15.8 | 2,399 | 16.1 | 15.5, 16.7 | |
Normal | 14,490 | 49.3 | 48.6, 49.8 | 7,090 | 48.7 | 47.8, 49.5 | 7,400 | 49.8 | 49.0, 50.6 | |
Underweight | 6,352 | 21.6 | 21.1, 22.1 | 3,252 | 22.3 | 21.7, 23.0 | 3,100 | 20.9 | 20.2, 21.5 | |