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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the samples, HBSC study, Czech Republic 2018–2022†

From: Changes in the prevalence of obesity in Czech adolescents between 2018 and 2022 and its current non-genetic correlates – HBSC study

 

2018

2022

Boys

Girls

Boys

Girls

n=

(5856)

(5773)

(6532)

(6374)

%

%

%

%

Age category§

    

 11 years

32.7

32.8

33.3

34.3

 13 years

34.5

34.4

35.1

34.3

 15 years

32.8

32.8

31.6

31.4

SES

    

 Low

23.7

27.2

21.0

22.8

 Medium

45.3

44.6

46.7

47.9

 High

31.0

28.2

32.3

29.3

Weight status*

    

 Non-overweight

73.3

84.7

71.8

83.9

  95% CI

72.1–74.4

83.8–85.7

70.6–72.9

83.0-84.9

 Overweight

17.9

11.9

19.7

12.7

  95% CI

16.9–19.0

11.0-12.7

18.7–20.7

11.8–13.6

 Obesity

8.8

3.4

8.5

3.4

  95% CI

8.1–9.6

2.9–3.9

7.8–9.2

2.9–3.8

  1. n number of participants; § 111 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); †the weights for strata (the number of pupils/students in given grades in each region of Czech Republic) 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 [19, 20]; CI 95% confidence interval