Table 3 Descriptive analysis (mean and 95% confidence interval) anthropometric and dietary intake of adolescents by sex for each Latin America country

 p-value¹

0.006

<0.001

<0.001

0.759

0.014

0.378

0.005

0.002

<0.001

 Boys

62.9 (60.3–65.6)

66.7 (63.1–70.5)

69.1 (65.3–73.4)

56.3 (53.8–58.9)

66.8 (61.6–72.2)

59.1 (55.4–63.3)

60.4 (57.9–63.3)

65.8 (61.2–71.7)

63.6 (62.4–65.1)

 Girls

56.5 (53.2–60.2)

56.6 (53.9–59.8)

58.3 (55.4–61.5)

56.9 (53.9–59.9)

58.1 (54.7–62.1)

56.5 (51.9–60.7)

54.8 (52.3–57.4)

55.1 (51.8–58.8)

56.5 (55.4–57.7)

 p-value¹

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.002

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 Boys

171.8 (170.1–173.4)

172.7 (171.2–174.2)

172.6 (170.5–174.6)

166.3 (164.1–168.3)

170.2 (168.4–172.2)

166.0 (163.5–168.5)

165.2 (163.4–167.1)

169.3 (167.1–171.4)

169.7 (169.0–170.4)

 Girls

157.2 (155.2–159.4)

161.2 (159.3–162.7)

157.8 (155.7–159.8)

161.2 (159.1–163.2)

157.1 (155.2–159.1)

156.1 (153.7–158.2)

154.7 (153.2–156.2)

158.7 (156.8–160.9)

158.0 (157.3–158.8)

 p-value¹

0.041

0.603

0.665

0.005

0.594

0.055

0.265

0.320

0.049

 Boys

21.3 (20.5–22.1)

22.3 (21.2–23.5)

23.1 (22.1–24.3)

20.2 (19.6–20.9)

22.9 (21.4–24.7)

21.3 (20.4–22.3)

22.1 (21.2–22.9)

22.8 (21.5–24.4)

22.0 (21.6–22.4)

 Girls

22.9 (21.6–24.3)

21.8 (20.7–23.0)

23.5 (22.2–24.9)

21.9 (20.9–22.8)

23.6 (22.1–25.2)

23.1 (21.5–24.7)

22.9 (21.9–23.9)

21.8 (20.6–23.0)

22.6 (22.2–23.1)

 p-value¹

0.398

0.061

0.276

0.026

0.901

0.937

0.214

0.042

0.055

 Boys

75.3 (73.3–77.4)

75.9 (73.2–78.7)

29.7 (76.6–83.3)

69.2 (67.6–71.0)

80.6 (76.4–85.3)

74.6 (72.1–77.6)

76.5 (74.5–78.8)

77.6 (73.7–82.5)

76.0 (74.9–77.2)

 Girls

73.6 (70.0–77.5)

71.5 (68.6–74.8)

76.9 (73.8–80.4)

73.1 (70.3–76.4)

80.2 (76.3–85.3)

74.8 (71.1–78.6)

74.5 (72.2–76.8)

72.0 (69.4–74.7)

74.4 (73.3–75.7)

 p-value¹

< 0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.028

0.003

<0.001

0.010

0.054

<0.001

 Boys

2606.8 (2483.3–2734.8)

2222.9 (2058.6–2373.7)

1991.8 (1855.3–2133.4)

2476.3 (2322.1–2644.9)

2088.3 (1952.2–2216.2)

2375.9 (2210.2–2546.4)

2250.6 (2141.8–2366.7)

2213.0 (2040.1–2388.0)

2289.7 (2231.8–2350.8)

 Girls

2039.0 (1857.1–2238.4)

1754.3 (1606.2–1927.5)

1613.1 (1458.4–1778.5)

2161.3 (1938.5–2403.0)

1731.1 (1558.3–1918.7)

1982.1 (1853.3–2103.4)

2008.8 (1859.4–2153.4)

1954.0 (1799.7–2151.3)

1904.2 (1840.1–1963.8)

 p-value¹

0.988

0.512

0.271

0.508

0.467

0.687

0.051

0.926

0.458

 Boys

15.4 (14.8–15.9)

16.5 (15.7–17.3)

14.4 (13.8–15.0)

14.4 (13.8–14.9)

13.5 (12.8–14.2)

15.1 (14.2–15.9)

14.2 (13.7–14.8)

15.4 (14.8–16.0)

15.0 (14.8–15.3)

 Girls

15.4 (14.5–16.3)

16.1 (15.2–17.1)

15.0 (14.0–15.9)

14.7 (13.7–15.8)

13.9 (13.2–14.7)

15.3 (14.4–16.2)

13.5 (13.0–14.0)

15.3 (14.7–16.0)

14.9 (14.6–15.2)

 p-value¹

0.255

0.627

0.481

0.139

0.041

0.396

0.392

0.696

0.409

 Boys

53.3 (51.9–54.8)

52.5 (51.5–53.5)

54.8 (53.2–56.5)

54.4 (53.2–55.6)

58.7 (56.5–60.7)

55.0 (53.6–56.5)

64.2 (62.7–65.7)

52.8 (51.1–54.7)

55.4 (54.8–56.1)

 Girls

51.7 (49.2–54.2)

52.0 (50.3–53.8)

55.8 (53.5–57.9)

52.7 (50.7–54.8)

55.9 (54.4–57.2)

54.1 (52.6–55.6)

63.4 (62.1–64.7)

52.2 (49.9–54.5)

54.9 (54.1–55.8)

 p-value¹

0.952

0.319

0.960

0.705

0.065

0.483

0.156

0.084

0.352

 Boys

17.9 (16.5–19.3)

15.2 (14.0–16.4)

13.1 (11.8–14.4)

11.4 (10.4–12.4)

14.7 (12.9–16.9)

10.3 (9.3–11.7)

13.7 (12.6–15.0)

13.9 (12.6–15.2)

14.1 (13.6–14.7)

 Girls

17.8 (15.6–20.3)

14.1 (12.1–15.8)

13.1 (11.4–14.9)

11.8 (10.2–13.3)

17.2 (15.6–18.9)

11.0 (9.6–12.6)

14.9 (13.9–16.2)

15.6 (14.2–17.0)

14.5 (13.9–15.2)

 p-value¹

0.152

0.304

0.186

0.173

0.049

0.388

0.064

0.643

0.191

 Boys

31.3 (30.1–32.5)

30.9 (29.9–31.9)

30.8 (29.3–32.1)

31.2 (30.2–32.3)

27.8 (26.0–29.8)

29.9 (28.9–30.9)

21.5 (20.4–22.8)

31.8 (30.1–33.4)

29.5 (28.9–30.1)

 Girls

32.9 (30.9–34.8)

31.8 (30.4–33.2)

29.2 (27.4–31.1)

32.6 (30.7–34.4)

30.2 (28.9–31.6)

30.6 (29.4–31.7)

23.1 (22.0–24.2)

32.4 (30.4–34.4)

30.1 (29.4–30.8)

 p-value¹

0.030

0.827

0.347

0.023

0.005

0.258

0.042

0.273

0.106

 Boys

11.1 (10.6–11.7)

10.0 (9.5–10.6)

11.4 (10.8–12.0)

10.4 (9.9–10.9)

8.4 (7.8–9.0)

8.9 (8.4–9.4)

6.1 (5.8–6.5)

9.9 (9.3–10.4)

9.6 (9.3–9.8)

 Girls

12.3 (11.4–13.3)

10.1 (9.5–10.6)

10.9 (10.1–11.8)

11.4 (10.6–12.2)

9.7 (9.0–10.3)

9.3 (8.8–9.8)

6.7 (6.4–7.1)

10.4 (9.7–11.1)

9.9 (9.6–10.2)