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Table 2 BMI and WHtR status of the study population stratified by school context

From: Weight management among school-aged children and adolescents: a quantitative assessment in a Ghanaian municipality

Weight-related behaviours

Basic school

Secondary school

Boys (n = 331)

Girls (n = 371)

P-value

Boys (n = 141)

Girls (n = 161)

P-value

Underweight (%)

15.4%

7.5%

0.001

8.5%

8.7%

0.951

Healthy weight (%)

69.8%

62.8%

0.051

68.8%

70.8%)

0.665

Overweight (%)

7.6%

19.4%

< 0.0001

13.5%

11.8%

0.657

Obese (%)

7.3%

10.2%

0.177

9.2%

8.7%

0.879

WHtR > 0.5 (%)

16.0%

5.7%

< 0.0001

2.8%

6.8%

0.110

  1. All values are presented as and compared using Chi-square test of trend, P < 0.05 is considered stattistically significant