From: Adolescent dietary patterns in Fiji and their relationships with standardized body mass index
Characteristics | Ethnicity | Gender | |||||
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 | Total SD2or 95% CI3 | Indigenous Fijian (SD2or 95% CI3) | IndoFijian (SD2or 95% CI3) | P-value4 | Male (SD2or 95% CI3) | Female (SD2or 95% CI3) | P-value5 |
n | 6871 | 3077 | 3794 | Â | 3271 | 3600 | |
Age, mean,1 years | 15.6 (1.37) | 15.8 (1.48) | 15.4 (1.24) | <0.001 | 15.6 (1.4) | 15.6 (1.4) | NS |
Weight, mean, Kg | 56.5 (13.8) | 63.0 (12.2) | 51.2 (12.2) | <0.001 | 57.9 (14.2) | 55.2 (13.2) | <0.001 |
Height, mean, m | 163.2 (8.53) | 165.6 (7.83) | 161.2 (8.5) | <0.001 | 167.6 (8.39) | 159.1 (6.4) | <0.001 |
BMI, mean, kg/m2 | 21.1 (4.28) | 22.9 (3.75) | 19.6 (4.12) | <0.001 | 20.4 (4.04) | 21.7 (4.41) | <0.001 |
BMI-z scores mean | −0.02 (1.37) | 0.63 (0.97) | −0.55 (1.42) | <0.001 | −0.21 (1.42) | 0.15 (1.31) | <0.001 |
Weight status (4 categories) 6 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | <0.001 | |
Thin (%) | 8.3 (7.6, 8.9) | 0.45 (0.22, 0.69) | 14.5 (13.5, 15.7) | Â | 11.4 (10.3, 12.5) | 5.44 (4.7,6.2) | Â |
Normal weight (%) | 67.9 (66.8,69.0) | 65.1 (63.4, 66.9) | 70.1 (68.7, 71.6) | Â | 69.1 (67.5, 70.7) | 66.8 (65.3, 68.7) | Â |
Overweight (%) | 17.6 (16.7, 18.5) | 26.9 (25.3, 28,4) | 10.1 (9.1, 11.0) | Â | 13.9 (12.7, 15.1) | 21.0 (19.4, 22.3) | Â |
Obese (%) | 6.2 (5.7, 6.8) | 7.5 (6.6, 8.5) | 5.2 (4.5, 5.9) | Â | 5.7 (4.9, 6.4) | 6.8 (6.0, 7.6) | Â |
Weight status (2 categories) 6 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | <0.001 | |
Normal/Thin | 76.2 (75.1, 77.20) | 65.6 (63.9, 67.3) | 84.7 (83.6, 85.9) | Â | 80.5 (79.1, 81.8) | 72.3 (70.8, 73.7) | Â |
Overweight/Obese | 23.8 (22.8, 24.9) | 34.4 (32.7, 36.1) | 15.3 (14.1, 16.4) | Â | 19.5 (18.2, 20.9) | 27.7 (26.3, 29.2) | Â |