Prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in Bangladesh: findings from a countrywide epidemiological study

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Body weight status among the boys and girls in urban and rural schools

	Urban schools			Rural schools
	Boys	Girls	Comparison between boys and girls	Boys	Girls	Comparison between boys and girls	Comparison among boys between urban and rural schools	Comparison among girls between urban and rural schools
Indicators	N = 2927 n (%)*	N = 2443 n (%)*	RD (95% CI)^†	N = 2300 n (%)*	N = 2465 n (%)*	RD (95% CI)^†	RD (95% CI)^†	RD (95% CI)^†
Obese	165 (5.6)	135 (5.5)	0.001 (−0.01, 0.01)	35 (1.5)	24 (1.0)	0.01 (−0.001, 0.01)	4 (3, 5)	5 (4, 6)
Overweight	296 (10.1)	271 (11.1)	−0.01 (−0.03, 0.01)	317 (13.8)	93 (3.8)	10 (8.4, 11.6)	−4, (−5, −2)	7 (6, 9)
Underweight	564 (19.3)	301 (12.3)	7 (5, 9)	458 (19.9)	457 (18.5)	1 (−0.01, 0.04)	−0.01 (−3, 2)	−6 (−8, −4)

*n = number of subjects with indicator, N = Total number of subjects.
^†RD = Risk difference indicates the difference of proportions of indicators among the comparison groups. Positive sign (+) denotes, obesity/ overweight/underweight are more common among the children from urban schools than the children from rural schools and more common among the boys than the girls; negative sign (−) is less common.

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