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Table 4 Comparing the nutritional status of the school-aged child by categories of the WHO (columns) and IOTF (rows) growth references, El Salvador, 2016. Absolute numbers are shown in each cell

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

 

WHO criteria

 

Thinness

(BMIZ ≤ −2)

Normal

(2 < BMIZ≤1)

Overweight

(1 < BMIZ< 2)

Obese

(BMIZ ≥2)

Total

IOTF criteria

Thinness

(BMI ≤ 18.5 at age 18)

2037

7511

0

0

9566

Normal

(18.5 < BMI ≤ 24.9 at age 18)

0

68,017

8458

0

76,475

Overweight

(24.9 < BMI < 30.0 at age 18)

0

0

10,695

5186

15,881

Obese

(BMI ≥ 30 at age 18)

0

0

0

10,087

10,087

 

Total

2037

75,528

19,153

15,273

111,991