Table 3 Body weight status among primary and secondary schools students in urban and rural areas
Urban | Rural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of students | Primary school students (6 to 10 years) | Secondary school students (11 to 15 years) | Comparison between primary and secondary students | Total number of students | Primary school students (6 to 10 years) | Secondary school students (11 to 15 years) | Comparison between primary and secondary students | Comparison between students from urban and rural areas | |
Indicators | N = 5370 n (%)* | N = 2332 n (%)* | N = 3038 n (%)* | RD (95% CI)† | N = 4765 n (%)* | N = 2223 n (%)* | N = 2542 n (%)* | RD (95% CI)† | RD (95% CI)† |
Obese | 300 (5.6) | 173 (7.4) | 127 (4.2) | −3.2 (−4.4, −2.0) | 59 (1.2) | 21 (0.9) | 38 (1.5) | 0.6 (−0.1, 1.2) | 4.3 (3.6, 5.0) |
Overweight | 597 (10.6) | 234 (10.0) | 333 (11.0) | 1.0 (−0.7, 2.6) | 410 (8.6) | 60 (2.7) | 350 (13.8) | 11 (9.5, 12.6) | 2.0 (0.1, 3.1) |
Underweight | 865 (16.1) | 453 (19.4) | 412 (13.6) | −5.9 (−7.8, −3.9) | 915 (19.2) | 605 (27.2) | 310 (12.2) | −15 (−17.2, −12.8) | −3.1 (−4.6, −1.6) |