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Table 1 Background information of school-aged children in the analytical dataset, El Salvador, 2015/2016

From: Overweight and obesity of school-age children in El Salvador according to two international systems: a population-based multilevel and spatial analysis

Characteristics

Boys (n = 57,481)

Girls (n = 54,510)

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Age in years, mean (sd1)

7.4 (0.59)

 

7.4 (0.56)

 

Place of residence

 Urban

26,474

46.0

25,868

47.4

 Rural

31,007

53.9

28,642

52.5

School type

 Public

49,272

85.7

46,473

85.2

 Private

8209

14.2

8037

14.7

Child age in years

 6.0 to 6.9

10,516

18.2

11,617

21.3

 7.0 to 7.9

38,890

67.6

36,782

67.4

 8.0 to 8.9

6478

11.2

5054

9.2

 9.0 to 9.9

1597

2.7

1057

1.9

Anthropometric measurements

 Height in cm mean (sd)

120.5 (5.88)

 

119.7 (5.81)

 

 Height-for-age Z-score mean (sd)

−0.70 (1.04)

 

−0.63 (1.01)

 

 Weight in kg mean (sd)

24.7 (5.46)

 

24.1 (5.39)

 

 Weight-for-age Z-score mean (sd)

−0.04 (1.33)

 

−0.02 (1.33)

 

 BMI kg/m2 mean (sd)

16.8 (2.70)

 

16.7 (2.77)

 

 WHO Z-score mean (sd)

0.56 (1.41)

 

0.43 (1.24)

 

 IOTF Z-score mean (sd)

0.51 (1.18)

 

0.49 (1.17)

 
  1. 1 sd: standard deviation