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Table 2 Means (SD) of anthropometric measures and proportions (95% CI) and numbers of WHtR ≥ 0.5 (waist-to-height ratio ≥ 0.5) and weight classifications (by BMI as defined by IOTF and WHO), of all children and separately for girls and boys

From: Adiposity among children in Norway by urbanity and maternal education: a nationally representative study

 

All children N = 3166

Girls N = 1537

Boys N = 1629

p-value*

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

 

Weight (kg)

29.5

5.6

29.3

5.5

29.6

5.7

0.21

Height (cm)

131.8

5.9

131.2

5.9

132.4

5.8

< 0.01

BMI (kg / m 2 )

16.9

2.4

16.9

2.3

16.8

2.4

0.41

Waist circumference (cm)

58.4

6.1

58.0

6.0

58.8

6.2

0.04

Waist-to-height ratio

0.44

0.04

0.44

0.04

0.44

0.04

0.36

       

p-value*

 

% (N)

95% CI

% (N)

95% CI

% (N)

95% CI

 

WHtR ≥ 0.5

8.9 (288)

7.2 - 10.7

9.2 (139)

6.8 - 12.2

8.7 (149)

6.4 - 11.8

0.82

IOTF:

       

Overweight

15.0 (467)

13.2 - 16.8

18.2 (272)

15.6 - 21.1

12.0 (195)

10.0 - 14.3

< 0.01

(25 ≤ BMI < 30)

Overweight incl. obesity

19.0 (592)

16.7 - 21.4

21.6 (321)

18.1 - 25.6

16.5 (271)

14.0 - 19.4

0.03

(BMI ≥ 25)

Obesity

4.0 (125)

3.0 - 5.1

3.5 (49)

2.3 - 5.1

4.6 (76)

3.4 - 6.1

0.18

(BMI ≥ 30)

WHO:

       

Overweight incl. obesity

27.6 (857)

24.8 - 30.6

27.7 (413)

24.0 - 31.8

27.6 (444)

24.1 - 31.3

0.94

(BMI ≥ 25)

Obesity

8.6 (268)

7.7 - 10.3

6.7 (97)

5.0 - 8.9

10.4 (171)

8.2 - 13.1

0.02

(BMI ≥ 30)

  1. * p-value for gender differences.