Table 5 Body weight status among the primary and secondary school students among boys and girls irrespective of area
Boys | Girls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of boys | Primary students (6 to 10 years) | Secondary (11 to 15 years) | Comparison among the boys between primary and secondary students | Total number of girls | Primary students (6 to 10 years) | Secondary students (11 to 15 years) | Comparison among the girls between primary and secondary students | Comparison between boys and girls | |
Indicators | N = 5227 n (%)* | N = 2300 n (%)* | N = 2927 n (%)* | RD (95% CI)† | N = 4908 n (%)* | N = 2255 n (%)* | N = 2653 n (%)* | RD (95% CI)† | RD (95% CI)† |
Obese | 200 (3.8) | 108 (4.7) | 92 (3.1) | −1.5 (2.6, −0.5) | 159 (3.2) | 86 (3.8) | 73 (2.8) | −1.1 (−0.2, −0.1) | 0.6 (−0.1, 1.3) |
Overweight | 613 (11.7) | 141 (6.1) | 472 (16.1) | 9.9 (8.2, 11.7) | 364 (7.4) | 153 (6.8) | 211 (8) | 1.2 (−0.3, 2.6) | 4.3 (3.1, 5.4) |
Underweight | 1022 (19.6) | 567 (24.7) | 455 (15.5) | −9.1 (−11.2, −7.0) | 758 (15.4) | 491 (21.8) | 267 (10.1) | −11.7 (−13.7, −9.7) | 4.1 (2.6, 5.6) |