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Table 1 Socio demographic, anthropometry and body composition characteristics of cases and controls N = 324

From: Micronutrient status and associated factors of adiposity in primary school children with normal and high body fat in Colombo municipal area, Sri Lanka

Characteristics

Male

Female

Cases

% BF > 28.6

N = 81

Controls

%BF ≤ 28.6

N = 80

p value

Cases

%BF > 33.7

N = 79

Controls

%BF ≤ 33.7

N = 84

p value

Age in years

9.11 ± 0.323

9.21 ± 0.356

0.069a*

9.13 ± 0.266

9.11 ± 0.292

0.572a**

Education level of father N (%)

 Completed primary education

74 (91.4)

56 (70.0)

0.001a*

70 (88.6)

74 (88.1)

0.919a**

 Not completed

7 (8.6)

24 (30.0)

9 (11.4)

10 (11.9)

 

Education level of mother N (%)

 Completed primary education

75 (92.6)

59 (73.8)

0.001a*

64 (81.0)

74 (88.1)

0.210a**

 Not completed

6 (7.4)

21 (26.2)

 

15 (19.0)

10 (11.9)

 

Employment status of parents N (%)

 Both employed

18 (22.2)

8 (10.0)

0.035a*

31 (39.2)

21 (25.0)

0.051a**

 One parent employed

63 (77.8)

72 (90.0)

 

48 (60.8)

63 (75.0)

 

Monthly income (LKR) N (%)

  ≥ 55,000.00

46 (56.8)

14 (17.5)

< 0.001a*

27 (34.2)

14 (16.7)

0.01a**

  < 55,000.00

35 (43.2)

66 (82.5)

 

52 (65.8)

70 (83.3)

 

Number of siblings N (%)

  ≤ 1 sibling

36 (44.4)

19 (23.8)

0.006a*

33 (41.8)

29 (34.5)

0.341a**

  > 1 siblings

45 (55.6)

61 (76.3)

 

46 (58.2)

55 (65.5)

 

 Height (m)

1.36 ± 0.06

1.31 ± 0.07

< 0.001b*

1.34 ± 0.05

1.29 ± 0.06

< 0.001b**

 Weight (Kg)

39.46 ± 1.18

26.12 ± 1.22

< 0.001b*

37.90 ± 1.16

25.54 ± 1.19

< 0.001b**

 BMI (kg/m2)

20.80 (19.1,23.2)

14.64 (13.8,17)

< 0.001c*

21.02 (19.2,22.3)

14.96 (13.7,16.3)

< 0.001c**

BMI status N (%)

 Normal

5 (6.2)

70 (87.5)

< 0.001a*

2 (2.5)

78 (92.9)

< 0.001a**

 Overweight

51 (63.0)

10 (12.5)

 

57 (72.2)

6 (7.1)

 

 Obese

25 (30.8)

0 (00.0)

 

20 (25.3)

0 (00.0)

 

 %BF

35.8 (31.5,40.2)

16.26 (12.6,24.1)

< 0.001c*

38.4 (35.5,42.2)

20.7 (15.5,27.1)

< 0.001c**

 BF (Kg)

13.8 (10.9,17.3)

3.85 (2.8,7.3)

< 0.001c*

14.6 (12.5,16.9)

4.95 (3.6,7.5)

< 0.001c**

 WC (cm)

71.09 ± 1.08

55.37 ± 1.11

< 0.001b*

72.59 ± 1.12

54.82 ± 1.12

< 0.001b**

 WHtR

0.53 ± 1.11

0.42 ± 1.09

< 0.001b*

0.53 ± 1.08

0.43 ± 1.09

< 0.001b**

  1. BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, WHtR Waist- to- height Ratio, BF Body fat
  2. Monthly income categories were based on the mean household expenditure per month in Sri Lanka-. Household income and expenditure survey- 2016. LKR-Lankan rupee (1USD = 133.80 LKR on the day of data collection, 55,000.00 LKR = 411.06 USD)
  3. *Differences between male cases and controls, **Differences between female cases and controls, aPearson chi-square value, bIndependent sample t-test compared mean ± SD, cMann –Whitney U test compared median (inter quartile range)-statistically significant at p < 0.05
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