From: Comfort and utility of school-based weight screening: the student perspective
Males | Females | ||||||||||
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Overall3 Both genders n = 784 %(n) | Overall n = 409 %(n) | Healthy Weight n = 260 %(n) | At-risk for overweight n = 64 %(n) | Overweight n = 85 %(n) | P for trend4 | Overall n = 375 %(n) | Healthy Weight n = 244 %(n) | At-risk for overweight n = 69 %(n) | Overweight n = 62 %(n) | P for trend | |
Physical Education Class | 21.8(182) | 27.4 (118) | 30.8 (78) | 24.2 (15) | 19.0(16) | 0.027 | 16.1 (64) | 17.2 (42) | 20.3 (14) | 9.7(6) | 0.282 |
School Nurse's Office | 14.7(120) | 14.1 (61) | 16.6(42) | 9.7(6) | 11.8(10) | 0.211 | 14.9 (59) | 17.6(43) | 10.1(7) | 11.3(7) | 0.116 |
Doctor's Office | 66.2(553) | 62.0 (268) | 64.4(163) | 54.8(34) | 63.5(54) | 0.841 | 71.6 (285) | 72.7(178) | 65.2(45) | 72.6(45) | 0.660 |
At Home | 23.1(191) | 23.6 (102) | 26.9(68) | 19.4(12) | 20.0(17) | 0.175 | 22.4 (89) | 21.6 (53) | 30.4(21) | 16.1(10) | 0.717 |
Not at all | 2.0(19) | 3.0 (13) | 2.8(7) | -5 | - | - | 1.5 (6) | - | - | 0.0(0) | - |