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Table 2 Categorization of the study population according to IOTF cutoff values according to age category and sex

From: The effect of foetal and early childhood growth on metabolic derangements of Sri Lankan children

Nutritional status

5 – < 10-year age group

10 – 15-year age group

Total no. (%)

Male No. (%)

Female No. (%)

Male No. (%)

Female No. (%)

No

239

181

255

158

833

Obese

8 (3.3%)

9 (4.9%)

6 (2.3%)

4 (2.5%)

27 (3.2)

Overweight

14 (5.8%)

21 (11.6%)

19 (7.4%)

26 (16.4%)

80 (9.6)

Normal

88 (36.8%)

73 (40.3%)

100 (39.2%)

65 (41.1%)

326 (39.1)

Thinness

  Thinness 1

71 (29.7%)

34 (18.8%)

70 (27.4%)

27 (17.1%)

202 (24.3)

  Thinness 2

36 (15.0%)

26 (14.4%)

42 (16.5%)

20 (12.6%)

124 (14.9)

  Thinness 3

22 (9.2%)

18 (9.9%)

18 (7.1%)

16 (10.1%)

74 (8.9)