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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participant

From: The association between frequency of eating out with overweight and obesity among children aged 6–17 in China: a National Cross-sectional Study

Variables

Boys

% of

Sub-Group

Girls

% of

Sub-Group

All

% of

Sub-Group

N

N

N

Age (years)

 36–12

4724

61.5

4712

62.2

9436

61.8

 13–17

2961

38.5

2864

37.8

5825

38.2

Region

 Urban

1992

25.9

1995

26.3

3987

26.1

 Suburban

2093

27.2

2071

27.3

4164

27.3

 Rural

2566

33.4

2487

32.8

5053

33.1

 Poor rural

1034

13.5

1023

13.5

2057

13.5

Family income

 Low

4628

60.2

4528

59.8

9156

60.0

 Medium

1195

15.5

1153

15.2

2348

15.4

 High

360

4.7

312

4.1

672

4.4

 Unknown

1502

19.5

1583

20.9

3085

20.2

Leisure exercise

 No

4294

55.9

4537

59.9

8831

57.9

 Yes

3391

44.1

3039

40.1

6430

42.1

Leisure SB

2 h/d

2952

38.4

2928

38.6

5880

38.5

  > 2 h/d

4733

61.6

4648

61.4

9381

61.5

BMI status

 Obesity

991

12.9

631

8.3

1622

10.6

 Overweight

1140

14.8

875

11.5

2015

13.2

 Normal

5024

65.4

5668

74.8

10,692

70.1

 Underweight

530

6.9

402

5.3

932

6.1