Table 3 Percentage of BMI categories by gender and age groups
From: Body weight status of school adolescents in Terengganu, Malaysia: a population baseline study
Variables | 10 – 12 years | 13 – 15 years | 16 – 17 years | Overall | ||||||||||||
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Boys | Girls | All | p-valuea (χ) | Boys | Girls | All | p-valuea (χ) | Boys | Girls | All | p-valuea (χ) | Boys | Girls | All | p-valuea (χ) | |
Thin | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 | <0.001 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | <0.001 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 5.3 | <0.001 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.4 | <0.001 |
Normal | 58.8 | 63.1 | 60.9 | (216.3) | 65.4 | 67.3 | 66.3 | (51.4) | 73.8 | 75.4 | 74.7 | (45.4) | 62.9 | 66.4 | 64.7 | (289.6) |
Overweight | 14.6 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 17.1 | 16.0 | 11.2 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 15.0 | ||||
Obese | 16.2 | 11.0 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 13.9 | 10.0 | 12.0 | ||||
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Thin | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.4 | <0.001 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 6.4 | <0.001 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 5.2 | <0.001 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 8.5 | <0.001 |
Normal | 60.0 | 64.7 | 62.3 | (110.0) | 65.2 | 66.6 | 65.9 | (18.8) | 72.6 | 76.0 | 74.5 | (26.8) | 63.2 | 67.2 | 65.2 | (140.1) |
Overweight | 14.0 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 15.5 | 14.8 | ||||
Obese | 15.2 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | ||||
Urban | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | <0.001 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 6.7 | <0.001 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | <0.001 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | <0.001 |
Normal | 57.7 | 61.7 | 59.7 | (107.8) | 65.7 | 67.9 | 66.7 | (33.5) | 74.7 | 74.9 | 74.8 | (22.5) | 62.7 | 65.8 | 64.2 | (150.6) |
Overweight | 15.0 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 16.2 | 15.2 | ||||
Obese | 17.0 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 14.2 | 10.4 | 12.3 | ||||
p-valueb | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.639 | 0.527 | 0.441 | 0.667 | 0.28 | 0.013 | ||||||||
(χ) | (17.1) | (29.1) | (1.7) | (2.2) | (2.7) | (1.6) | (3.8) | (10.7) | ||||||||
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Besut | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 10.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 0.002 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.007 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 0.188 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 8.0 | <0.001 |
Normal | 61.5 | 64.5 | 63.0 | (14.4) | 64.3 | 69.5 | 66.8 | (12.1) | 74.1 | 76.3 | 75.2 | (4.8) | 64.0 | 67.7 | 65.8 | (27.5) |
Overweight | 15.0 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 14.9 | ||||
Obese | 13.5 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 11.2 | ||||
Dungun | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 9.7 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 0.005 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.001 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.186 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 6.6 | <0.001 |
Normal | 59.4 | 63.3 | 61.3 | (12.9) | 69.6 | 67.0 | 68.3 | (17.1) | 76.6 | 76.6 | 76.6 | (4.8) | 65.4 | 66.7 | 66.1 | (24.4) |
Overweight | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 19.2 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 17.0 | 15.6 | ||||
Obese | 15.2 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 11.7 | ||||
Hulu Terengganu | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 13.1 | 10.7 | 11.9 | <0.001 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 0.068 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 0.388 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 9.1 | <0.001 |
Normal | 62.3 | 66.7 | 64.4 | (19.5) | 65.1 | 68.0 | 66.4 | (7.1) | 75.6 | 76.9 | 76.2 | (3.0) | 66.1 | 69.5 | 67.7 | (27.5) |
Overweight | 11.3 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 9.0 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 13.0 | ||||
Obese | 13.4 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 10.2 | ||||
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Kemaman | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.6 | <0.001 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 0.061 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 6.4 | <0.001 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 10.1 | <0.001 |
Normal | 57.5 | 61.7 | 59.6 | (41.7) | 63.3 | 66.6 | 64.9 | (7.4) | 71.8 | 72.9 | 72.5 | (22.0) | 60.4 | 64.4 | 62.4 | (65.4) |
Overweight | 13.9 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 16.8 | 16.0 | 10.3 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 16.4 | 15.1 | ||||
Obese | 16.6 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 12.5 | ||||
Kuala Terengganu | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | <0.001 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 0.001 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 0.005 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.7 | <0.001 |
Normal | 56.5 | 61.4 | 58.9 | (126.1) | 65.0 | 67.2 | 66.0 | (16.8) | 72.6 | 75.2 | 74.0 | (13.0) | 61.2 | 65.3 | 63.2 | (139.6) |
Overweight | 14.6 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 15.1 | ||||
Obese | 18.5 | 12.1 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 13.0 | ||||
Marang | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 9.9 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 0.004 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 0.03 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 0.025 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 7.5 | <0.001 |
Normal | 60.3 | 66.9 | 63.5 | (13.6) | 64.8 | 65.1 | 65.0 | (8.9) | 69.8 | 76.0 | 73.2 | (9.3) | 63.5 | 68.4 | 65.9 | (23.2) |
Overweight | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 16.1 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.2 | ||||
Obese | 13.8 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 10.3 | 11.3 | ||||
Setiu | ||||||||||||||||
Thin | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 0.16 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 0.742 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 0.098 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 0.066 |
Normal | 65.6 | 68.3 | 66.9 | (5.2) | 67.9 | 67.3 | 67.6 | (1.2) | 79.1 | 74.9 | 76.9 | (6.3) | 68.8 | 69.5 | 69.2 | (7.2) |
Overweight | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 16.6 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 15.3 | ||||
Obese | 11.0 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 8.7 | ||||
p-valuec | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.05 | 0.346 | 0.036 | 0.016 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
(χ) | (125.5) | (64.9) | (28.8) | (19.8) | (30.2) | (33.1) | (151.1) | (92.5) | ||||||||