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Table 2 Anthropometric variables in 6–8-year-old Hungarian schoolchildren (based on population estimates)

From: Substantial variation across geographic regions in the obesity prevalence among 6–8 years old Hungarian children (COSI Hungary 2016)

  

Total

Girls

Boys

Sex difference

p-value*

Age

Mean

(95% CI)

Mean

(95% CI)

Mean

(95% CI)

Height (cm)

6-year-old

122.8

(122.3; 123.2)

122.4

(121.9; 122.9)

123.1

(122.4; 123.7)

0.066

7-year-old

127.1

(126.8; 127.4)

126.6

(126.2; 126.9)

127.7

(127.2; 128.1)

< 0.0001

8-year-old

131.2

(130.8; 131.6)

130.5

(129.9; 131.1)

131.9

(131.4; 132.3)

0.760

Weight (kg)

6-year-old

24.5

(24.2; 24.9)

24.3

(23.9; 24.7)

24.7

(24.3; 25.2)

0.096

7-year-old

27.1

(26.8; 27.3)

26.9

(26.6; 27.3)

27.2

(26.9; 27.6)

0.241

8-year-old

29.3

(28.9; 29.7)

28.7

(28.1; 29.3)

29.9

(29.4; 30.5)

0.003

BMI (kg/m2)

6-year-old

16.2

(16.0; 16.4)

16.1

(15.9; 16.3)

16.2

(16.0; 16.5)

0.351

7-year-old

16.6

(16.5; 16.8)

16.7

(16.5; 16.9)

16.6

(16.4; 16.8)

0.442

8-year-old

16.9

(16.7; 17.1)

16.7

(16.5; 17.0)

17.1

(16.8; 17.3)

0.061

  1. BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval
  2. * p-values (continuous variables) are calculated with t test
  3. Significant p-value: p < 0.05