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Table 5 Estimated percentages of children remaining overweight or obese together with estimated incidences from 2013 to 2016

From: Prevalence and incidence of overweight and obesity among Vietnamese preschool children: a longitudinal cohort study

 

Age sub-cohort

Remaining Ow or Ob in 2016

Incidence

Overweight

% (number of Ow children in 2013)

Obesity

% (number of Ob children in 2013)

Overweight

% (number of non-Ow and non-Ob children in 2013)

Obesity

% (number of non-Ob children in 2013)

All children

 

41.4 (237)

30.7 (166)

12.4 (2199)

2.7 (2436)

Urban total

 

46.3a**(175)

36.4a**(121)

19.9a***(1015)

4.1a***(1190)

Urban boys

All

49.5 (101)

38.9 (72)

19.8 (526)

5.4b* (627)

3 years

41.7 (12)

26.7 (15)

19.0 (142)

5.8 (154)

4 years

48.3 (29)

70.6 (17)

20.9 (196)

5.8 (225)

5 years

52.0 (50)

30.6 (36)

22.6 (146)

5.6 (196)

6 years

50.0 (10)

25.0 (4)

7.1 (42)

1.9 (52)

Urban girls

All

41.9 (74)

32.7 (49)

20.0 (489)

2.7 (563)

3 years

41.2 (17)

66.7 (6)

31.6 (117)

6.0 (134)

4 years

63.2 (19)

28.0 (25)

20.3 (153)

2.3 (172)

5 years

33.3 (33)

29.4 (17)

11.8 (178)

1.4 (211)

6 years

20.0 (5)

0.0 (1)

22.0 (41)

0.0 (46)

Rural total

 

27.4 (62)

15.6 (45)

5.9 (1184)

1.4 (1246)

Rural boys

All

37.5 (32)

19.1 (21)

6.7 (639)

1.6 (671)

3 years

27.3 (11)

14.3 (7)

8.8 (227)

4.6 (238)

4 years

14.3 (7)

16.7 (6)

6.3 (206)

0.0 (213)

5 years

57.1 (14)

25.0 (8)

5.0 (182)

0.0 (196)

6 years

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

4.2 (24)

0.0 (24)

Rural girls

All

16.7 (30)

12.5 (24)

5.0 (545)

1.0 (575)

3 years

12.5 (8)

50.0 (6)

3.4 (177)

2.2 (185)

4 years

11.1 (9)

0.0 (8)

6.2 (179)

0.5 (188)

5 years

25.0 (12)

0.0 (9)

5.2 (172)

0.5 (184)

6 years

0.0 (1)

0.0 (1)

5.9 (17)

0.0 (18)

  1. Ow overweight; Ob Obesity
  2. ªUrban vs. rural
  3. b Urban boys vs. urban girls
  4. *p < 0.05
  5. **p < 0.01
  6. ***p < 0.001