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Table 2 Prevalence of underweight (U), normal-weight (N), overweight (Ow) and obesity (O) by students’ age, gender and residence area, Italy, 2010

From: Overweight among students aged 11–15 years and its relationship with breakfast, area of residence and parents’ education: results from the Italian HBSC 2010 cross-sectional study

  

Boys

Girls

Age

 

U

N

OW

O

U

N

OW

O

  

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

11 y

         
 

North

1.9 (1.17-2.91)

79.3 (76.60-81.77)

14.5 (12.65-16.65)

4.3 (3.17-5.85)

3.3 (2.23-4.72)

83.5 (80.72-85.92)

11.6 (9.39-14.35)

1.6 (1.00-2.62)

 

Center

2.3 (1.47-3.72)

72.4 (68.50-75.95)

21.3 (18.41-24.60)

3.9 (2.76-5.59)

3.9 (2.44-6.13)

80.2 (76.65-83.36)

13.5 (10.84-16.72)

2.4 (1.46-3.84)

 

South

2.5 (1.78-3.44)

61.5 (58.53-64.43)

28.5 (25.54-31.68)

7.5 (6.01-9.28)

3.4 (2.50-4.65)

72.6 (69.75-75.31)

21.1 (18.66-23.76)

2.9 (2.01-4.07)

 

Total

2.2 (1.75-2.82)

69.7 (67.58-71.76)

22.3 (20.41-24.24)

5.8 (4.90-6.85)

3.4 (2.76-4.24)

77.7 (75.85-79.42)

16.5 (14.94-18.28)

2.3 (1.82-3.02)

13 y

         
 

North

1.5 (0.88-2.60)

80.0 (77.17-82.59)

15.4 (13.24-17.90)

3.0 (2.11-4.35)

2.9 (2.00-4.21)

85.3 (82.90-87.32)

10.1 (8.49-12.01)

1.7 (0.98-3.05)

 

Center

1.2 (0.62-2.41)

79.8 (75.84-83.19)

16.2 (13.32-19.51)

2.8 (1.87-4.28)

3.8 (2.52-5.57)

83.0 (79.84-85.66)

12.2 (9.88-15.05)

1.1 (0.53-2.10)

 

South

1.7 (1.13-2.67)

67.0 (63.42-70.30)

25.7 (22.70-28.90)

5.6 (3.77-8.32)

2.1 (1.40-3.13)

77.5 (74.80-80.06)

17.2 (14.95-19.72)

3.2 (2.25-4.42)

 

Total

1.6 (1.16-2.15)

73.6 (71.39-75.76)

20.5 (18.70-22.48)

4.3 (3.23-5.62)

2.6 (2.05-3.29)

80.9 (79.16-82.49)

14.1 (12.71-15.68)

2.4 (1.81-3.15)

15 y

         
 

North

1.8 (0.96-3.17)

79.4 (76.58-82.03)

16.3 (13.78-19.25)

2.5 (1.60-3.82)

3.5 (2.44-4.86)

89.5 (87.48-91.22)

6.4 (5.07-7.95)

0.7 (0.36-1.33)

 

Center

1.6 (0.85-2.81)

78.4 (75.34-81.25)

18.3 (15.48-21.56)

1.7 (0.94-3.00)

3.6 (2.46-5.32)

82.9 (79.44-85.79)

12.6 (9.83-16.02)

0.9 (0.44-1.90)

 

South

1.0 (0.58-1.73)

67.4 (63.60-71.04)

25.9 (22.62-29.56)

5.6 (4.20-7.50)

2.9 (2.14-3.89)

83.2 (80.97-85.18)

12.1 (10.08-14.44)

1.8 (1.21-2.77)

 

Total

1.3 (0.95-1.89)

73.3 (71.02-75.40)

21.5 (19.51-23.62)

3.9 (3.08-4.93)

3.2 (2.61-3.88)

85.1 (83.60-86.40)

10.4 (9.14-11.88)

1.3 (0.95-1.86)