Table 3 Prevalence of thinness using BMI for age Z score among the pupils disaggregated by gender, school ownership type and place of residence
From: Nutritional status of school age children in Abakaliki metropolis, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Variable | Severe thinness (%; 95%CI) | Moderate thinness (%; 95%CI) | Normal (%) | Overweight (%, 95CI) | Obese (%; 95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall status | 6 (0.8;0.4–1.7) | 48 (6.4;4.9–8.4) | 681 (90.7) | 11 (1.4; 0.8–2.6) | 5 (0.7; 0.3–1.5) |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 4 (1.1; 0.4–2.9) | 27 (7.6; 5.3–10.9) | 318 (89.8) | 3 (0.9;0.3–2.5) | 2 (0.6;0.2–2.0) |
 Female | 2 (0.5;0.1–1.8) | 21 (5.3; 3.5–8.0) | 363 (91.4) | 8 (2.0; 1.0–3.9) | 3 (0.8; 0.3–2.2) |
School type | |||||
 Public | 6 (1.0; 0.5–2.2) | 45 (7.6; 5.7–10.0) | 539 (90.6) | 5 (0.8; 0.4–2.0) | 0 (0; 0.0–0.6) |
 Private | 0 (0; 0.0–2.4) | 3 (1.9; 0.7–5.5) | 142 (91.0) | 6 (3.9; 1.8–8.1) | 5 (3.2; 1.4–7.2) |
Place of residence | |||||
 Urban | 2 (0.4; 0.1–1.3) | 23 (4.2; 2.8–6.2) | 507 (92.5) | 11 (2.0; 1.1–3.6) | 5(0.9; 0.4–2.1) |
 Rural | 4 (2.0; 0.8–5.0) | 25 (12.3; 8.5–17.6) | 174 (85.7) | 0 (0; 0.0–1.9) | 0 (0; 0.0–1.9) |