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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of OSDUHS students by BMI Status, 2015 (n = 9866)

From: The integrated role of multiple healthy weight behaviours on overweight and obesity among adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Overall

Overweight/Obese

Not Overweight/Obese

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

%

(95% CI)

Sex

 Male

48.8

(46.2–51.5)

33.4**

(30.8–36.1)

66.6

(63.9–69.2)

 Female

51.2

(48.5–53.8)

25.3

(22.8–27.7)

74.8

(72.3–77.2)

Age (years)

 11–13 years old

27.0

(24.7–29.3)

30.0

(26.2–33.9)

70.0

(66.1–73.8)

 14–17 years old

73.0

(70.7–75.3)

29.3

(27.2–31.3)

70.8

(68.7–72.8)

Ethnicity

 White

59.0

(55.2–62.9)

29.1

(26.8–31.3)

70.9

(68.7–73.2)

 Black

5.9

(4.7–7.1)

34.4

(27.7–41.0)

65.6

(59.0–72.3)

 Asian

19.0

(16.0–22.1)

27.9

(24.2–31.7)

72.1

(68.3–75.8)

 Other

16.1

(14.6–17.6)

30.8

(27.4–34.3)

69.2

(65.7–72.6)

Parental Educational Attainment

 High School Graduate or less

12.7

(11.0–14.5)

36.2*

(31.6–40.8)

63.8

(59.2–68.4)

 Some Post-Secondary Education

6.6

(5.5–7.7)

32.2*

(24.8–39.6)

67.8

(60.4–75.2)

 University/College Graduate

80.6

(78.3–82.9)

28.1*

(25.9–30.2)

71.9

(69.8–74.1)

Subjective Social Statusa

 ≤4

6.1

(5.3–7.0)

35.8

(28.9–42.7)

64.3

(57.3–71.2)

 ≥5

93.9

(93.0–94.7)

29.0

(27.2–30.9)

71.0

(69.1–72.8)

  1. Notes: aSubjective Social Status as measured using the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (Scale from 1 to 10; mean = 7.03; standard error: 0.04); Second-order Rao-Scott Modified Chi Squared tests were conducted to examine differences between each characteristic (i.e., between likelihood of overweight/obesity in males and females) *P-value< 0.05; **P-value< 0.01