Table 1 Estimated Prevalence and 95% CI of Underweight, Healthy Weight, Overweight, and Obesity by Gender and School Type
From: High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children
Underweight | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weighted1 | Unweighted | Weighted1 | Unweighted | Weighted1 | Unweighted | Weighted1 | Unweighted | ||
Overall n=1,582 | 2.7% (1.8, 4.1)2 | 3.0% (2.3, 4.0) | 54.3% (50.2, 58.3) | 55.5% (53.0, 57.9) | 18.8% (16.4, 20.3) | 18.3% (16.4, 20.3) | 24.3% (19.9, 29.2) | 23.2% (21.2, 25.3) | |
n=48 | n=878 | n=289 | n=367 | ||||||
Gender | Boys n=744 | 2.7% (1.7, 4.4) | 3.9% (2.7, 5.6) | 50.1% (44.2, 56.0) | 52.7% (49.1, 53.7) | 18.5% (14.9, 22.6) | 17.3% (14.8, 20.2) | 28.2% (18.7, 40.1) | 26.1% (23.1, 29.4) |
n=29 | n=392 | n=129 | n=194 | ||||||
Girls n=838 | 2.7% (1.6, 4.4) | 2.3% (1.5, 3.5) | 58.1%(53.1, 62.9) | 58.0% (54.6, 61.3) | 19.0% (14.6, 22.3) | 19.1% (16.4, 21.8) | 20.2% (19.5, 29.2) | 20.6% (18.0, 23.5) | |
n=19 | n=486 | n=160 | n=173 | ||||||
School Type | Public n=1,221 | 2.7% (1.8, 4.2) | 3.3% (2.4, 4.4) | 54.6% (50.3, 58.8) | 56.4% (53.5, 59.1) | 18.6% (15.4, 22.4) | 18.6% (15.4, 22.4) | 24.0% (19.5, 29.2) | 22.4% (20.1, 24.8) |
n=40 | n=688 | n=220 | n=273 | ||||||
Private n=361 | 2.1% (1.0, 4.3) | 2.2% (1.1, 4.4) | 48.5% (35.9, 61.3) | 52.6% (47.5, 57.7) | 21.2% (16.4, 27.1) | 19.1% (15.4, 23.5) | 28.2% (18.7, 40.1) | 26.0% (21.8, 30.8) | |
n=8 | n=190 | n=69 | n=94 | ||||||