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Table 1 Summary characteristics of the study population by gender

From: Associations of out of school physical activity, sedentary lifestyle and socioeconomic status with weight status and adiposity of Cameroon children

Characteristics

Boys

N = 262

Girls

N = 260

Age (years)

9.1 (5.0 – 12.0)

8.9 (9.0 – 12.0)

Weight (kg)

30.8 (16.4 – 64.5)

30.8 (17.8 – 59.8)

Height (cm)

133.0 (104.6 – 176.1)

132.4 (109.2 – 161.2)

BMI (kg/m2)

17.1 (13.2 – 26.3)

17.2 (11.6 – 29.5)

Triceps skinfold (mm)

7.6 (3.0 – 23.5)a

10.2 (3.0 – 24.5)a

Weight z-score

0.22 (−2.81 – 3.60)

0.16 (−3.30 – 3.76)

Height z-score

−0.02 (−3.73 – 4.13)

0.05 (−3.91 – 6.19)

BMI z-score

0.39 (−2.20 – 2.88)b

0.20 (−3.62 – 3.61)b

BMI categories

 Severe thinness

0 (0.0)

2 (0.8)

 Thinness

1 (0.4)

3 (1.2)

 Normal weight

211 (80.5)

211 (81.2)

 Overweight

45 (17.2)

33 (12.7)

 Obese

5 (1.9)

11 (4.2)

Type of school

 Public

125 (47.7)

129 (49.6)

 Private

137 (52.3)

131 (50.4)

Area of residence

 Urban

182 (69.5)

182 (70.0)

 Rural

80 (30.5)

78 (30.0)

  1. Values = mean (min – max) for continuous variables and n (%) for categorized variables
  2. a p < 0.001, b p < 0.05. BMI categories were defined using WHO criteria [33]