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Table 6 Grade- and Gender-specific prevalence of central obesity among Pakistani primary school children aged five to twelve years (n = 1860)

From: Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio percentiles and central obesity among Pakistani children aged five to twelve years

 

WC ≥90th percentile

WHtR ≥0.5

Centrally Obesea

 

(n = 213)

(n = 304)

(n = 189)

 

n (%)

P Value

n (%)

P Value

n (%)

P Value

Boys (n = 997)

103 (10.5)

 

156 (16.2)

 

93 (9.5)

 

   Grade one (n = 233)

19 (8.2)

0.054

50 (21.5)

0.026

16 (6.9)

0.033

   Grade two (n = 187)

13 (7.0)

 

23 (12.3)

 

11 (5.9)

 

   Grade three (n = 183)

18 (9.8)

 

23 (12.6)

 

17 (9.3)

 

   Grade four (n = 184)

26 (14.1)

 

35 (19.0)

 

25 (13.6)

 

   Grade five (n = 190)

27 (14.2)

 

25 (13.2)

 

24 (12.6)

 

Girls (n = 883)

148 (16.8)

 

110 (12.5)

 

96 (10.9)

 

   Grade one (n = 139)

16 (11.5)

0.004

20 (14.4)

< 0.001

13 (9.4)

0.001

   Grade two (n = 185)

11 (5.9)

 

15 (8.1)

 

7 (3.8)

 

   Grade three (n = 189)

31 (16.4)

 

41 (21.7)

 

28 (14.8)

 

   Grade four (n = 188)

33 (17.6)

 

45 (23.9)

 

30 (16.0)

 

   Grade five (n = 182)

19 (10.4)

 

27 (14.8)

 

18 (9.9)

 
  1. a≥90th age- and gender-specific waist circumference (WC) percentile and ≥0.5 waist-height ratio (WHtR)
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