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Table 3 Tracking of overweight/obesity from fourth to seventh grade by sex

From: Changes in overweight/obesity and central obesity status from preadolescence to adolescence: a longitudinal study among schoolchildren in Japan

 

Overweight/obesity in seventh grade

κ

P value

Yes

No

Boys (n = 720)

 Overweight/obesity in fourth grade

  Yes

69 (9.6)

56 (7.8)

0.614

< 0.001

  No

13 (1.8)

582 (80.8)

Girls (n = 716)

 Overweight/obesity in fourth grade

  Yes

55 (7.7)

32 (4.5)

0.619

< 0.001

  No

24 (3.4)

605 (84.5)

  1. κ: Kappa