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Table 1 Demographic information among students accepting physical examination

From: Association between health examination items and body mass index among school children in Hualien, Taiwan

Variable

N

Underweight(%)

Normal(%)

Overweight(%)

Obese(%)

P-value

Overall

11080

1973(17.8)

6329(57.1)

1357(12.2)

1421(12.8)

NA

Gender

     

<0.01*

  Boy

5806

1011(17.4)

3243(55.9)

735(12.7)

817(14.1)

 

  Girl

5274

962(18.2)

3086(58.5)

622(11.8)

604(11.5)

 

Grader

     

<0.01*

  1

3060

597(19.5)

1910(62.4)

292(9.5)

261(8.5)

 

  4

3794

727(19.2)

2065(54.4)

523(13.8)

479(12.6)

 

  7

4226

649(15.4)

2354(55.7)

542(12.8)

681(16.1)

 

Urbanization

     

<0.01*

  Urban

7596

1416(18.6)

4280(56.3)

950(12.5)

950(12.5)

 

  Suburban

2805

486(17.3)

1605(57.2)

320(11.4)

394(14.0)

 

  Rural

679

71(10.5)

444(65.4)

87(12.8)

77(11.3)

 
  1. *P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant after Chi-square test.