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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of the sample according to school type

From: Influence of the family nucleus on obesity in children from northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Variables

All

Schools

ρ value

  

n = 699

Public (n = 415)

Private (n = 284)

 

Age (y)

7.1 ± 1.3

7.4 ± 1.2

6.7 ± 1.3

0.000

Gender (boys)

333 (48.0)

188 (45.4)

145 (51.1)

0.142

Ethnic group (mulatto)

306 (43.8)

225 (56.8)

81 (29.0)

0.000

Overweight (%)

64 (9.3)

26 (6.5)

38 (13.4)

0.000

Obesity (%)

31 (4.4)

12 (2.7)

19 (7.0)

0.000

Fathers' occupation (works outside)

603 (86.2)

345 (85.1)

258 (87.7)

0.385

Mothers' occupation (works outside)

365 (52.2)

208 (50.9)

157 (55.3)

0.251

Positive father's obesity history

217 (31.0)

119 (29.5)

98 (35.0)

0.143

 

mother's

245 (35.1)

143 (35.1)

102 (36.2)

0.780

 

parent's

118 (16.9)

70 (16.9)

48 (16.8)

0.982

Social status

low

424 (60.7)

344 (83.9)

80 (28.3)

0.000

 

middle

240 (34.3)

66 (16.1)

174 (61.5)

0.000

 

high

29 (4.1)

-

29 (10.2)

0.000

Economic status

low

296 (42.3)

277 (67.4)

19 (6.7)

0.000

 

middle

348 (49.8)

130 (31.6)

218 (77.3)

0.000

 

high

49 (7.0)

4 (1.0)

45 (16.0)

0.000

  1. Data are means ± SD. n (%). ρ based on Wilcoxon's rank-sum test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables