Table 2 Overweight by migrant status and social class
From: Overweight and obesity at school entry among migrant and German children: a cross-sectional study
Migrants N = 240 | Germans N = 256 | p – value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Social class# | Prevalence of overweight | |||
Low | n/nTotal %(95% CI) | 14/78 17.9 (9.4–26.5) | 4/17 23.5 (3.4–43.7) | 0.733 |
Medium | n/nTotal %(95% CI) | 14/133 10.5 (5.3–15.7) | 12/159 7.5 (3.4–11.7) | 0.414 |
High | n/nTotal %(95% CI) | 8/29 27.6 (11.3–43.9) | 8/80 10.0 (3.4–16.6) | 0.032 |