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Table 2 The prevalence for excess body weight and underweight among 26 Chinese ethnic minority children and adolescents

From: Prevalence of excess body weight and underweight among 26 Chinese ethnic minority children and adolescents in 2014: a cross-sectional observational study

Ethnic minority

Boys

Girls

Total

Excess body weight

Underweight

Excess body weight

Underweight

Excess body weight

Underweight

Mongol

19.5(17.9,21.1)

4.8(4.0,5.7)

25.8(24.1,27.5)

3.3(2.7,4.1)

22.7(21.5,23.8)

4.1(3.5,4.7)

Hui

17.5(16.0,19.0)

11.6(10.4,12.9)

14.8(13.4,16.1)

8.8(7.7,9.9)

16.1(15.1,17.1)

10.1(9.3,11.0)

Tibetan

11.8(10.0,13.7)

14.9(13.0,17.0)

12.2(10.4,14.2)

9.2(7.6,11.0)

12.0(10.7,13.4)

12.1(10.8,13.4)

Uyghur

8.8(7.8,9.9)

11.5(10.4,12.7)

13.9(12.7,15.3)

11.1(10.0,12.4)

11.4(10.5,12.2)

11.3(10.5,12.2)

Miao

9.2(7.6,11.0)

19.0(16.9,21.4)

16.4(14.3,18.6)

12.9(11.1,15.0)

12.8(11.5,14.2)

16.0(14.6,17.5)

Yi

7.3(6.0,8.7)

21.2(19.1,23.4)

9.8(8.3,11.4)

11.6(10.0,13.4)

8.5(7.5,9.6)

16.4(15.0,17.8)

Zhuang

14.2(12.9,15.6)

15.1(13.8,16.5)

10.6(9.5,11.9)

12.7(11.4,14.0)

12.4(11.6,13.4)

13.9(13.0,14.8)

Bouyei

5.3(4.1,6.8)

28.1(25.6,30.8)

6.8(5.4,8.3)

22.8(20.5,25.3)

6.1(5.1,7.1)

25.5(23.7,27.3)

Korean

31.3(29.4,33.3)

7.1(6.0,8.2)

29.4(27.5,31.3)

4.7(3.8,5.6)

30.4(29.0,31.7)

5.9(5.2,6.6)

Dong

9.8(8.1,11.6)

18.8(16.7,21.2)

10.7(9.0,12.6)

12.2(10.4,14.2)

10.2(9.0,11.5)

15.5(14.1,17.0)

Yao

8.7(7.1,10.5)

22.0(19.6,24.5)

11.7(9.9,13.8)

20.4(18.1,22.9)

10.2(9.0,11.5)

21.2(19.5,22.9)

Bai

11.6(9.9,13.4)

20.0(17.8,22.2)

10.5(8.9,12.3)

12.8(11.0,14.7)

11.0(9.9,12.3)

16.4(15.0,17.8)

Tujia

17.1(15.0,19.2)

14.0(12.2,16.1)

15.2(13.3,17.3)

11.2(9.5,13.0)

16.1(14.7,17.6)

12.6(11.4,14.0)

Hani

4.1(3.1,5.3)

19.1(17.0,21.3)

7.7(6.3,9.2)

14.0(12.2,16.0)

5.9(5.0,6.8)

16.6(15.2,18.0)

Kazak

19.2(17.1,21.3)

6.0(4.8,7.3)

26.8(24.5,29.2)

3.0(2.2,4.0)

23.1(21.4,24.6)

4.5(3.8,5.3)

Dai

7.0(5.7,8.6)

30.0(27.5,32.5)

7.4(6.1,9.0)

18.8(16.7,21.0)

7.2(6.3,8.3)

24.4(22.7,26.1)

Li

3.5(2.6,4.5)

29.0(26.7,31.4)

3.4(2.6,4.4)

21.5(19.4,23.6)

3.4(2.8,4.1)

25.2(23.7,26.8)

Lisu

3.1(2.2,4.2)

19.5(17.4,21.7)

6.8(5.5,8.3)

12.4(10.7,14.3)

5.0(4.2,5.9)

16.0(14.6,17.4)

Va

6.4(5.2,7.9)

21.9(19.7,24.2)

14.7(12.8,16.7)

14.5(12.6,16.5)

10.6(9.4,11.8)

18.2(16.7,19.7)

Shui

1.5(0.9,2.4)

28.0(25.5,30.7)

5.8(4.5,7.2)

23.4(21.0,25.9)

3.6(2.9,4.5)

25.7(23.9,27.5)

Dongxiang

6.1(4.8,7.5)

20.2(18.1,22.5)

6.9(5.6,8.4)

25.1(22.8,27.5)

6.5(5.6,7.5)

22.7(21.1,24.3)

Naxi

11.2(9.6,13.1)

15.8(13.9,17.9)

13.4(11.6,15.4)

9.8(8.2,11.5)

12.3(11.1,13.6)

12.8(11.5,14.1)

Khalkhas

4.0(3.1,5.2)

12.4(10.7,14.3)

10.2(8.7,11.9)

7.6(6.3,9.1)

7.1(6.2,8.1)

10.0(8.9,11.2)

Monguor

2.1(1.4,3.1)

20.6(18.5,22.9)

5.7(4.5,7.2)

13.4(11.6,15.4)

3.9(3.2,4.7)

17.0(15.6,18.5)

Qiang

7.0(5.7,8.5)

14.7(12.9,16.7)

11.7(10.1,13.5)

8.5(7.0,10.1)

9.4(8.3,10.5)

11.6(10.4,12.8)

Salar

4.9(3.8,6.2)

14.4(12.5,16.4)

5.2(4.1,6.6)

20.9(18.8,23.2)

5.0(4.2,5.9)

17.6(16.2,19.1)