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Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the 11- to 16-year-olds in this study, overall and by gender – mean (SD) or % (n)

From: Misperception of weight status in the pacific: preliminary findings in rural and urban 11- to 16-year-olds of New Caledonia

 

Whole sample

Boys

Girls

P*

 

(n = 737)

(n = 351)

(n = 386)

Age (years)

13.66 (1.48)

13.63 (1.55)

13.69 (1.42)

.644

Ethnicity % (n)

 European

34.5 (254)

34.2 (120)

34.7 (134)

.893

 Melanesian

60.2 (444)

60.1 (211)

60.4 (233)

-

 Polynesian

5.3 (39)

5.7 (20)

4.9 (19)

-

SES % (n)

 Higher

30.9 (228)

32.2 (113)

29.8 (115)

.056

 Intermediate

24.8 (183)

27.9 (98)

22.0 (85)

-

 Lower

44.2 (326)

39.9 (140)

48.2 (186)

-

Residence % (n)

 Urban

27.7 (204)

30.8 (108)

24.9 (96)

.074

 Rural

72.3 (533)

69.2 (243)

75.1 (290)

-

 Height (cm)

158.42 (9.50)

159.67 (11.25)

157.28 (7.41)

.001

 Weight (kg)

55.46 (14.60)

55.50 (15.37)

55.42 (13.89)

.938

 BMI-SDS

0.792 (1.15)

0.78 (1.18)

0.80 (1.13)

.816

 BMI centile

69.35 (27.97)

68.47 (28.03)

70.15 (27.94)

.415

Weight status % (n)

 Underweight

5.2 (38)

4.3 (15)

6.0 (23)

.176

 Lower normal weighta

20.4 (150)

23.1 (81)

17.9 (69)

-

 Upper normal weighta

40.8 (301)

41.6 (146)

40.2 (155)

-

 Overweight

21.2 (156)

18.2 (64)

23.8 (92)

-

 Obese

12.5 (92)

12.8 (45)

12.2 (47)

-

  1. Mean +/− SD or % (n)
  2. SES socioeconomic status, BMI-SDS body mass index standard deviation score
  3. *P values are for the association between each variable and gender
  4. a‘Lower normal-weight’ and ‘upper normal-weight’ categories are subcategories of the normal-weight category