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Erratum to: prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children
- Received: 4 July 2012
- Accepted: 4 July 2012
- Published: 20 July 2012
The original article was published in BMC Public Health 2011 11:724
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Since the publication of our article [1], we have noticed some errors in the final published version, for which the corresponding author accepts full responsibility. Page references are to the final PDF version.
Page 3: Results, second paragraph
Lines 1-2: "BMI… 20.7 (5.02) kg/m2…" should read "BMI… 16.0 (3.0) kg/m2…”
Lines 6-8: “According to the IOTF cut-offs, overweight and obesity prevalence was 33 % (95 % CI 31.1-35.3) and 24 % (95 % CI 22.4-26.2) respectively” should read “According to the IOTF cut-offs, overweight and obesity prevalence was 8.3 % (95 % CI 7.1-9.6) and 4.7 % (95 % CI 3.8-5.7) respectively”
Page 4: Table 1
Mean and standard deviation (SD) for height, weight and BMI of primary school children in Lahore, Pakistan (n = 1860)
Characteristics | n | Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | BMI (kg/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys (n = 977) | ||||
5 years (61-71 months) | 84 | 113.7 (7.3) | 19.9 (4.6) | 15.2 (2.1) |
6 years (72-83 months) | 161 | 118.3 (5.9) | 21.6 (5.0) | 15.3 (2.8) |
7 years (84-95 months) | 160 | 122.9 (8.0) | 23.5 (5.1) | 15.5 (2.4) |
8 years (96-107 months) | 158 | 128.7 (7.6) | 26.9 (5.9) | 16.1 (2.5) |
9 years (108-119 months) | 161 | 134.2 (8.1) | 29.7 (7.6) | 16.4 (3.1) |
10 years (120-131 months) | 147 | 138.4 (8.0) | 33.3 (9.5) | 17.2 (3.5) |
11 years (132-143 months) | 69 | 138.6 (7.7) | 31.8 (6.8) | 16.5 (2.7) |
12 years (144-155 months) | 37 | 140.0 (8.3) | 31.8 (7.3) | 16.1 (2.3) |
Girls (n = 883) | ||||
5 years (61-71 months) | 72 | 115.4 (7.3) | 19.3 (3.2) | 14.4 (1.5) |
6 years (72-83 months) | 143 | 119.1 (7.6) | 21.0 (4.9) | 14.7 (2.4) |
7 years (84-95 months) | 157 | 124.0 (6.3) | 24.0 (5.5) | 15.5 (2.7) |
8 years (96-107 months) | 159 | 128.1 (7.1) | 26.4 (6.8) | 15.9 (2.9) |
9 years (108-119 months) | 151 | 133.3 (7.8) | 30.4 (8.2) | 17.0 (3.5) |
10 years (120-131 months) | 120 | 138.4 (9.3) | 33.3 (10.1) | 17.2 (3.8) |
11 years (132-143 months) | 62 | 143.3 (9.6) | 36.5 (11.0) | 17.5 (3.7) |
12 years (144-155 months) | 19 | 146.0 (9.4) | 36.4 (9.9) | 16.9 (3.3) |
The values for mean and standard deviation (SD) for BMI (kg/m2) are revised.
Page 4: Table 2
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children in Lahore, Pakistan (n = 1860)
WHO 2007 | IOTF | IOTF | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | n | Mean BMI (SD) | % (95 % CI) | Mean BMI-for-age z-score (SD) | % (95 % CI) | |
Severely obese | 36 | 25.7 (2.9) | 1.9 (1.3-2.6) a | 3.7 (0.7) | ||
Obese | 140 | 23.4 (2.8) | 7.5 (6.3-8.7) b | 2.8 (0.7) | 4.7 (3.8-5.7) d | |
Overweight | 316 | 21.2 (2.9) | 17.0 (15.4-18.8) c | 2.0 (0.8) | 8.3 (7.1-9.6) e | |
Total sample | 1860 | 16.0 (3.0) | -0.3 (1.5) |
Page 5: Figure 1
Grade- and gender- specific mean BMI among primary school children in Lahore, Pakistan (n = 1860).
The values for grade- and gender- specific mean BMI are revised.
Page 6: Second paragraph
Lines 1-8: “Prevalence of overweight by the IOTF cut-offs was twice the prevalence by the WHO 2007 reference (33 % versus 17 %) and prevalence of obesity by the IOTF cutoffs was three times higher than that calculated by the WHO 2007 reference (24 % versus 7.5 %). Using IOTF cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Pakistani schoolaged children would result in higher estimates than the WHO 2007 reference.” should read “Prevalence of overweight by the IOTF cut-offs was half the prevalence by the WHO 2007 reference (8 % versus 17 %) and prevalence of obesity by the IOTF cutoffs was two-third of that calculated by the WHO 2007 reference (5 % versus 7.5 %). Using IOTF cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Pakistani schoolaged children would result in lower estimates than the WHO 2007 reference. A relatively lower overweight and obesity prevalence with use of the IOTF cut-offs as compared to the WHO reference had been reported elsewhere [2, 3].”
In present study, the estimates for overweight included obese children.
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