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Table 4 Body composition characteristics by school quintile in 2010 and 2013 and significance of differences during follow-up according to mixed models with school included as subjects

From: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children in a developing country: NW-CHILD longitudinal data of 6–9-yr-old children in South Africa

 

Quintile 1 (n = 120)

Quintile 2 (n = 96)

Quintile 3 (n = 130)

Quintile 4 (n = 108)

Quintile 5 (n = 120)

P value

Mixed Models MSE

 

2010

2013

2010

2013

2010

2013

2010

2013

2010

2013

2013

2013

Height (cm)

118.1

113.4

116.7

132.7

117.1

133.4

122.9

137.2

123.2

139.3

<0.001

80.9

Mass (kg)

21.4

30.3

21.0

29.1

20.5

28.9

24.7

36.1

24.7

36.4

<0.001

68.3

BMI (kg/m

15.4

16.7

15.3

16.4

15.0

16.3

16.2

18.7

16.2

18.6

<0.001

13.2

Fat %

14.4

18.9

15.4

18.3

14.1

17.9

17.8

23.2

17.6

23.4

<0.001

61.5

  1. N = number of participants, BMI = Body Mass Index; Fat % = Fat percentage; Significant difference p < 0.05, MSE = mean square error.