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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of children and their caregivers by children’s baseline weight status in two Caribbean countries, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago (n = 336)

From: Rapid increase of overweight and obesity among primary school-aged children in the Caribbean; high initial BMI is the most significant predictor

 

Thin

(n = 14)

Healthy weight

(n = 248)

Overweight

(n = 45)

Obese

(n = 29)

Children

 Age, mean±SD

7.3±0.82

7.4±0.94

7.3±0.92

7.5±0.95

 Sex, female, %

14.3

48.8

48.9

48.3

 HFA z-score, mean±SD

-0.12±0.69

0.26±0.91

0.99±0.91

1.12±1.01

 BMI z-score, mean±SD

−2.55±0.51

−0.39±0.71

1.39±0.32

2.90±0.84

Caregiver

 Age, mean±SD

35.6±10.4

34.5±9.5

34.8±9.1

39.6±10.4

 Sex, female, %

93.3

95.4

98.7

96.6

 Unmarried, %

57.1

46.2

57.6

69.2

 BMI, mean±SD

36.9±6.9

40.1±9.5

40.1±8.3

41.9±6.9

Country,

 Trinidad %

86.0

52.4

57.8

58.6

Education

 < secondary, %

43.8

43.8

52.5

35.3

  1. SD standard deviation