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Table 1 Distribution of Mean and Standard Deviation and the Body Mass Index Based (BMI) on Demographic Variables of children

From: Epidemiology of childhood overweight, obesity and their related factors in a sample of preschool children from Central Iran

 

BMI (children)

 
 

Normal (n = 379)

OW & OB (n = 146)

 

Variables (mothers)

N (%)

N (%)

P Value

Age

  ≤ 29

64 (16.8)

31 (21.2)

 

 30–39

206 (54.3)

68 (46.5)

 

  ≥ 40

109 (28.7)

47 (32)

 

education

 Illiterate/Elementary

70 (18.4)

55 (37.6)

 

 Middle school

88 (23.2)

34 (23.2)

 

 High school/university

221 (58.3)

57 (39)

 

Socioeconomic status

 High

65 (17.1)

43 (29.4)

 

 Moderate

269 (70.9)

76 (52)

 

 Low

48 (12.6)

27 (18.4)

 

BMI

 Underweight

14 (3.6)

6 (4)

 

 Normal

162 (42.7)

51 (34.9)

 

 OW

120 (31.6)

56 (38.3)

 

 OB

83 (21.8)

33 (22.6)

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