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Table 1 Summary of all continuous variables for the whole cohort and separately for HSES and LSES

From: Overweight and obesity in children aged 3–13 years in urban Cameroon: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and association with socio-economic status

 

Whole cohort

HSES

LSES

p value*

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

1343

8.0 (2.4)

673

8.0 (2.3)

670

8.1 (2.5)

0.4

Birth weight (kg)

960

3.3 (0.6)

482

3.2 (0.6)

478

3.3 (0.6)

0.2

Maternal age (years)

1131

35.0 (6.0)

610

35.1 (6.1)

521

35.0 (5.9)

0.8

Maternal weight (kg)

1081

72.1 (12.1)

556

72.5 (12.4)

482

71.6 (11.9)

0.2

Maternal height (cm)

1038

163.1 (8.2)

581

163.5 (8.5)

500

162.6 (7.9)

0.1

Maternal BMI (kg/m2)

993

27.3 (5.0)

539

27.3 (5.1)

454

27.3 (4.9)

0.99

Child weight (kg)

1343

25.3 (7.9)

673

26.4 (8.4)

670

24.2 (7.2)

<0.001

Child height (cm)

1343

124.6 (14.6)

673

126.2 (14.7)

670

123.0 (14.3)

<0.001

Child BMI (kg/m2)

1343

15.9 (2.2)

673

16.2 (2.4)

670

15.7 (1.9)

<0.001

BMI children < 6 years

222

15.5 (2.0)

104

15.7 (2.2)

118

15.4 (1.9)

0.35

BMI children 6–10 years

896

15.7 (2.1)

466

16.0 (2.3)

430

15.5 (1.7)

<0.001

BMI children >10 years

225

17.1 (2.4)

103

17.7 (2.6)

122

16.7 (2.1)

0.002

  1. BMI body mass index, HSES High socioeconomic status, LSES Low socioeconomic status, SD standard deviation; *p-value from t-tests, HSES vs. LSES