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Table 2 Estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity at ages 5, 7 and 11 for boys and girls with and without intellectual disability

From: Obesity in British children with and without intellectual disability: cohort study

 

Overweight

Obese

Overweight or Obese

 

ID

Not ID

OR (with 95 % CI)/p

% with ID

ID

Not ID

OR (with 95 % CI)/p

% with ID

ID

Not ID

OR (with 95 % CI)/p

% with ID

Age 5

Boys

13.5 %

15.7 %

0.82 (0.59–1.13)

3.6 %

17.2 %

12.8 %

1.41* (1.05–1.89)

5.7 %

30.2 %

28.6 %

1.08 (0.85–1.38)

4.5 %

Girls

16.8 %

13.0 %

1.35 (0.93–1.97)

3.5 %

11.8 %

11.0 %

1.08 (0.70–1.67)

3.0 %

28.6 %

24.0 %

1.27 (0.93–1.72)

3.3 %

Total

14.6 %

14.6 %

1.02 (0.80–1.30)

3.6 %

15.1 %

11.9 %

1.32* (1.03–1.68)

4.5 %

29.5 %

26.3 %

1.17 (0.97–1.42)

4.0 %

Age 7

Boys

10.2 %

12.2 %

0.82 (0.52–1.28)

2.9 %

21.4 %

14.3 %

1.64** (1.17–2.28)

5.0 %

31.6 %

26.5 %

1.29 (0.96–1.72)

4.1 %

Girls

20.8 %

11.4 %

2.04** (0.35–3.07)

4.2 %

11.8 %

12.3 %

0.95 (0.57–1.59)

2.3 %

32.6 %

23.8 %

1.55* (1.09–2.21)

3.2 %

Total

14.5 %

11.8 %

1.26 (0.94–1.70)

3.5 %

17.5 %

13.3 %

1.39* (1.05–1.83)

3.8 %

32.0 %

25.1 %

1.40** (1.12–1.76)

3.7 %

Age 11

Boys

10.7 %

15.2 %

0.67* (0.47–0.96)

2.9 %

31.0 %

22.0 %

1.59*** (1.25–2.03)

5.7 %

41.8 %

37.2 %

1.21 (0.97–1.52)

4.6 %

Girls

17.2 %

13.9 %

1.28 (0.89–1.85)

3.4 %

31.2 %

20.2 %

1.79*** (1.33–2.42)

4.3 %

48.3 %

34.1 %

1.80*** (1.36–2.38)

3.9 %

Total

13.2 %

14.6 %

0.89 (0.69–1.16)

3.2 %

31.1 %

21.2 %

1.68*** (1.39–2.03)

5.0 %

44.4 %

35.7 %

1.44*** (1.20–1.71)

4.3 %

  1. ORs in bold indicate medium or large effect size
  2. ID intellectual disability, OR odds ratio, p probability, CI confidence interval
  3. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001