Table 2 Estimated Prevalence of Underweight, Healthy Weight, Overweight, and Obese by Gender and School Type
From: High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children
BMI Categories | School type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public (n = 1,221) | Private (n = 361) | ||||
Weighted1 | Unweighted | Weighted1 | Unweighted | ||
Underweight n = 48 | Boys n = 29 | 2.8% (1.37, 4.20)2 | 4.4% (2.89, 5.96) | 2.0% (0.035, 4.01) | 2.2% (0.32, 4.15) |
n = 25 | n = 4 | ||||
Girls n = 19 | 2.7% (1.27, 4.11) | 2.3% (1.23, 3.33) | 2.2% (−0.17, 4.55) | 2.2% (1.72, 4.22) | |
n = 15 | n = 4 | ||||
Healthy Weight n = 878 | Boys n = 392 | 50.6% (44.38, 56.87) | 53.6% (49.20, 58.05) | 42.8% (24.84, 60.72) | 49.7% (41.17, 58.27) |
n = 303 | n = 89 | ||||
Girls n = 486 | 58.2% (53.04, 63.44) | 58.7% (54.62, 62.76) | 54.9% (42.17, 67.66) | 55.5% (48.47, 62.52) | |
n = 385 | n = 101 | ||||
Overweight n = 289 | Boys n = 129 | 17.9% (13.94, 21.92) | 16.4% (13.5, 19.34) | 26.7% (15.25, 38.07) | 20.1% (13.93, 26.29) |
n = 93 | n = 36 | ||||
Girls n = 160 | 19.2% (14.75, 23.74) | 19.4% (16.45, 22.29) | 15.1% (8.97, 21.27) | 18.1% (13.34, 22.92) | |
n = 127 | n = 33 | ||||
Obesity n = 367 | Boys n = 194 | 28.7% (21.76, 35.57) | 25.5% (21,79 29.18) | 28.5% (16.63, 40.44) | 27.9% (20.11, 35.75) |
n = 144 | n = 50 | ||||
Girls n = 173 | 19.8% (15.35, 24.30) | 19.7% (16.13, 23.01) | 27.8% (15.87, 39.68) | 24.2% (17.96, 30.39) | |
n = 129 | n = 44 | ||||