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Table 3 Variations in the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity in 4-, 6-, and 9-year-old children by sex and household affluence

From: Tracking and risk of abdominal and general obesity in children between 4 and 9 years of age. The Longitudinal Childhood Obesity Study (ELOIN)

Obese BMI or abdominal obesity

General obesitya

Abdominal obesityb

N

%

95% CI

N

%

95% CI

TOTAL

 Stable without obesityc

1,567

82.4

(80.6–84.0)

1,562

82.1

(80.3–83.8)

 Remitting obesity at 9 yearsd

39

2.1

(1.5–2.8)

64

3.4

(2.6–4.3)

 Incidental obesity at 9 and (4 or 6)e

230

12.1

(10.7–13.6)

209

11.0

(9.6–12.5)

 Stable with obesityf

66

3.4

(2.7–4.4)

67

3.5

(2.8–4.5)

SEX

Boys

 Stable without obesityc

742

78.6

(75.9–81.1)

780

82.6

(80.1–84.9)

 Remitting obesity at 9 yearsd

20

2.1

(1.4–3.3)

28

3.0

(2.1–4.3)

 Incidental obesity at 9 and (4 or 6)e

145

15.4

(13.2–17.8)

112

11.9

(10.0–14.1)

 Stable with obesityf

37

3.9

(2.9–5.4)

24

2.5

(1.7–3.8)

Girls

 Stable without obesityc

825

86.1

(83.8–88.2)

782

81.6

(79.0–84.0)

 Remitting obesity at 9 yearsd

19

2.0

(1.3–3.1)

36

3.8

(2.7–5.1)

 Incidental obesity at 9 and (4 or 6)e

85

8.9

(7.2–10.8)

97

10.1

(8.3–12.2)

 Stable with obesityf

29

3.0

(2.1–4.3)

43

4.5

(3.3–6.0)

HOUSEHOLD AFFLUENCE

Low

 Stable without obesityc

226

73.1

(67.9–77.8)

229

73.0

(68.9–78.7)

 Remitting obesity at 9 yearsd

7

2.3

(1.1–4.7)

15

5.4

(2.9–7.9)

 Incidental obesity at 9 and (4 or 6)e

57

18.5

(14.5–23.2)

45

15.1

(11.0–19.0)

 Stable with obesityf

19

6.2

(3.9–9.5)

20

6.5

(4.2–9.8)

Medium

 Stable without obesityc

487

82.7

(79.4–85.5)

484

82.1

(78.9–85.1)

 Remitting obesity at 9 yearsd

9

1.5

(0.8–2.9)

14

2.5

(1.4–4.0)

 Incidental obesity at 9 and (4 or 6)e

69

11.7

(9.4–14.6)

70

12.0

(9.5–14.8)

 Stable with obesityf

24

4.1

(2.7–6.0)

21

3.4

(2.3–5.4)

High

 Stable without obesityc

854

85.1

(82.7–87.1)

849

84.8

(82.2–86.7)

 Remitting obesity at 9 yearsd

23

2.3

(1.5–3.4)

35

3.4

(2.5–4.8)

 Incidental obesity at 9 and (4 or 6)e

104

10.4

(8.6–12.4)

94

9.3

(7.7–11.3)

 Stable with obesityf

23

2.3

(1.5–3.4)

26

2.5

(1.8–3.8)

  1. aGeneral obesity: BMI > 2 SD according to the WHO-2007 standardized tables13
  2. bAbdominal obesity: ≥ 90th percentile of waist circumference according to the consensus of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF)21
  3. cNo obesity at any of the measurements
  4. dObesity at 4 and/or 6 years but not at 9 years
  5. eObesity only at 9 years, or at 4 and 9 years, or at 6 and 9 years
  6. fObesity at all three measurements
  7. 95% CI 95% Confidence interval