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Table 2 Comparison of adolescents with obesity before and during COVID-19

From: Did the increase in sitting time due to COVID-19 lead to obesity in adolescents?

   

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

 
   

Percent

Std Err

Percent

Std Err

Percent

Std Err

Percent

Std Err

Percent

Std Err

Percent

Std Err

P valuea

Total

 

None

90.88

0.16

89.97

0.16

89.19

0.17

88.93

0.18

87.88

0.19

86.51

0.21

 < .0001

  

Obesity

9.12

0.16

10.03

0.16

10.81

0.17

11.07

0.18

12.12

0.19

13.49

0.21

Sex

Male

None

88.88

0.22

87.70

0.23

86.65

0.22

86.22

0.23

84.41

0.25

82.48

0.27

 < .0001

  

Obesity

11.12

0.22

12.30

0.23

13.35

0.22

13.78

0.23

15.59

0.25

17.52

0.27

 

Female

None

93.07

0.17

92.44

0.18

91.96

0.21

91.85

0.20

91.64

0.20

90.85

0.21

 < .0001

  

Obesity

6.93

0.17

7.56

0.18

8.04

0.21

8.15

0.20

8.36

0.20

9.15

0.21

Region

Metropolitan

None

91.21

0.21

90.32

0.22

89.48

0.23

89.34

0.23

87.99

0.26

86.94

0.30

 < .0001

  

Obesity

8.79

0.21

9.68

0.22

10.52

0.23

10.66

0.23

12.01

0.26

13.06

0.30

 

City area

None

90.77

0.24

89.77

0.25

89.16

0.27

88.74

0.29

87.93

0.29

86.26

0.29

 < .0001

  

Obesity

9.23

0.24

10.23

0.25

10.84

0.27

11.26

0.29

12.07

0.29

13.74

0.29

 

Rural

None

88.32

0.75

87.95

0.93

86.48

0.74

86.16

0.69

86.21

0.86

84.30

0.74

0.0149

  

Obesity

11.68

0.75

12.05

0.93

13.52

0.74

13.84

0.69

13.79

0.86

15.70

0.74

  1. avariables were analyzed using the χ2 test