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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the samples, HBSC study, Czech Republic 2002–2018

From: Time-trends and correlates of obesity in Czech adolescents in relation to family socioeconomic status over a 16-year study period (2002–2018)

 

2002

 

2006

 

2010

 

2014

 

2018†

 
 

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

n=

(2345)

(2567)

(2332)

(2297)

(2008)

(2113)

(2183)

(2405)

(5856)

(5773)

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Age category§

 11 years

34.1

33.1

31.4

31.2

32.6

30.6

29.9

30.3

32.7

32.8

 13 years

32.5

33.8

33.5

33.9

31.4

35.2

33.9

34.4

34.5

34.4

 15 years

33.4

33.1

35.1

34.9

36.0

34.2

36.2

35.3

32.8

32.8

SES

 Low

34.2

40.5

25.7

30.3

13.1

17.0

32.4

34.4

23.7

27.2

 Medium

56.5

53.0

54.9

55.9

54.2

53.3

44.3

45.4

45.3

44.6

 High

9.3

6.5

19.4

13.8

32.7

29.7

23.3

20.2

31.0

28.2

Weight status*

 Non-overweight

81.6

91.7

77.9

83.8

73.7

88.1

74.8

87.9

73.3

84.7

  95% CI

80.0–83.2

90.6–92.7

76.2–79.6

82.3–85.3

71.8–75.7

86.7–89.5

73.0–76.6

86.6–89.2

72.1–74.4

83.8–85.7

 Overweight

14.5

6.5

14.2

11.8

18.7

9.5

18.1

9.3

17.9

11.9

  95% CI

13.1–16.0

5.6–7.4

12.8–15.6

10.5–13.1

17.0–20.4

8.3–10.7

16.5–19.7

8.2–10.5

16.9–19.0

11.0–12.7

 Obesity

3.9

1.8

7.9

4.4

7.6

2.4

7.1

2.8

8.8

3.4

  95% CI

3.1–4.7

1.3–2.3

6.8–9.0

3.6–5.3

6.4–8.8

1.7–3.1

6.0–8.2

2.1–3.5

8.1–9.6

2.9–3.9

  1. §11 years (13 years and 15 years) includes adolescents in the age range 10.5–12.49 years (12.50–14.49 years and 14.50–16.49 years); † in the 2018 data analyses, the weights for strata (administrative regions) were applied; SES socioeconomic status; *obesity and overweight were represented by the >97th percentile and 85th–97th percentile, respectively, on gender-specific Body Mass Index-for-age growth charts [30, 31]; CI 95% confidence interval