Table 3 Baseline characteristic of the population stratified according to weight based on weight percentiles
Nutritional Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under weight (n = 60) | Normal weight (n = 544) | Over weight (n = 64) | Obese (n = 31) | ρ value | |
Ethnic Group | |||||
white | 16 (26.7) | 178 (32.7) | 36 (56.3) | 13 (41.9) | 0.001 |
mulatto | 29 (48.3) | 269 (49.4) | 22 (34.4) | 10 (32.3) | 0.019 |
black | 15 (25.0) | 97 (17.8) | 6 (9.4) | 8 (25.8) | 0.412 |
works outside | |||||
Father's | 44 (80.0) | 448 (87.2) | 50 (79.4) | 24 (80.0) | 0.439 |
Mother's | 28 (46.7) | 258 (48.0) | 27 (42.2) | 15 (48.4) | 0.773 |
Positive obesity history | |||||
Fathers' | 18 (30.0) | 153 (28.8) | 32 (51.6) | 14 (45.2) | 0.002 |
Mothers' | 18 (30.0) | 183 (34.2) | 28 (44.4) | 16 (51.6) | 0.011 |
Parents' | 9 (15.0) | 77 (14.2) | 20 (31.3) | 12 (38.7) | 0.000 |
Social class | |||||
low | 46 (76.7) | 337 (62.5) | 28 (44.4) | 13 (41.9) | 0.000 |
middle | 14 (23.3) | 182 (33.8) | 29 (46.0) | 15 (48.4) | 0.002 |
high | - | 20 (3.7) | 6 (9.5) | 3 (9.7) | 0.002 |
Economic class | |||||
low | 38 (63.3) | 230 (42.7) | 19 (30.2) | 9 (29.0) | 0.000 |
middle | 19 (31.7) | 276 (51.2) | 36 (57.1) | 17 (54.8) | 0.017 |
high | 3 (5.0) | 33 (6.1) | 8 (12.7) | 5 (16.1) | 0.008 |