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Table 3 Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 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)

 

IOTF/Colea

WHO 2007b

Overweight

Obesity

Overweight

Obesity

Total

6 y %

(95% CI)

11.3

(9.5;13.5)

8.3

(6.5; 10.4)

12.6

(10.8; 14.7)

11.3

(9.3; 13.7)

7 y %

(95% CI)

13

(11.7; 14.5)

9.5

(8.3; 10.7)

14.8

(13.5; 16.3)

13.6

(12.1; 15.2)

8 y %

(95% CI)

13.4

(11.8; 15.2)

8.2

(6.9; 9.6)

15.0

(12.9–17.3)

13.0

(11.3; 14.9)

Girls

6 y %

(95% CI)

13.1

(10.5; 16.4)

8.3

(6.2; 10.8)

13.3

(10.6; 16.5)

10.8

(8.5; 13.6)

7 y %

(95% CI)

13.6

(11.6; 15.8)

10.1

(8.4; 12.0)

16.4

(14.5; 18.5)

12.1

(10.3; 14.3)

8 y %

(95% CI)

13.2

(10.4; 16.5)

7.4

(5.7; 9.5)

14.7

(11.7; 18.4)

9.9

(7.8; 12.4)

Boys

6 y %

(95% CI)

9.6

(7.4–12.4)

8.2

(5.8–11.5)

12.1

(9.6; 15.0)

11.8

(9.0; 15.3)

7 y %

(95% CI)

12.5

(10.8; 14.5)

8.9

(7.5; 10.5)

13.3

(11.3; 15.5)

15.0

(13.1; 17.2)

8 y %

(95% CI)

13.6

(11.5–15.9)

8.9

(7.1–11.3)

15.3

(12.8; 18.1)

16.0

(13.4; 19.0)

Sex difference

p-value*

0.1624

0.8957

0.2240

0.0011

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. *p values (categorical variables) are calculated with Pearson χ2 test to compare the combined prevalence (age 6–8 years old) of overweight and obesity between boys and girls
  3. a Based on IOTF reference [25, 26]
  4. b Based on the WHO growth reference [27]