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Table 2 Prevalence rates of obesity and overweight estimated by existing definitions for childhood overweight and obesity

From: Diagnostic accuracy of different body weight and height-based definitions of childhood obesity in identifying overfat among Chinese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study

 

%BF

HK 1993

BMI based definitions

IOTF-BMI

CDC-BMI

WHO-BMI

WGOC-BMI

 

Overfat

OB

OB

OB & OW

OB

OB & OW

OB

OB & OW

OB

OB & OW

Boys (n = 1135)

24.4 % (21.9-26.9)

29.2 % (26.4-32.0) (n = 999) a

8.5 % (6.9-10.1)

28.0 % (25.4-30.6)

12.4 % (10.5-14.3)

27.4 % (24.8-30.0)

14.5 % (12.5-16.6)

33.4 % (30.7-36.1)

13.3 % (11.3-15.3)

30.5 % (27.8-33.2)

Girls (n = 999)

34.5 % (31.6-37.4)

21.5 % (18.9-24.1) (n = 938) a

4.4 % (3.1-5.7)

20.0 % (17.5-22.5)

6.6 % (5.1-8.1)

19.2 % (16.8-21.6)

6.9 % (5.3-8.5)

22.3 % (19.7-24.5)

9.7 % (7.9-11.5)

21.8 % (19.2-24.4)

  1. All data are presented as mean (95 % confidential interval, 95%CI)
  2. OB obesity, OB & OW overweight and obesity, BMI body mass index, %BF body fat percentage measuring by BIA, HK 1993 1993 Hong Kong reference, IOTF-BMI International Obesity Task Force BMI reference, CDC-BMI US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI reference, WHO-BMI World Health Organization reference, WGOC-BMI Working Group on Obesity in China BMI reference
  3. aSome subjects are not included in the analysis for their higher body height
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