Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study population by weight status.
| Â | Obese | Overweight | Normal weight | Â | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | %1 | SE2 | n | % | SE | n | % | SE | p-value3 |
Total | 926 | 26.5 | 2.9 | 1100 | 31.5 | 1.7 | 1464 | 41.9 | 3.8 | Â |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 436 | 26.2 | 2.6 | 508 | 30.5 | 1.5 | 719 | 43.2 | 3.3 | Â |
Female | 490 | 26.8 | 3.3 | 592 | 32.4 | 2.2 | 745 | 40.8 | 4.5 | 0.31 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
12–13 years | 230 | 29.8 | 1.5 | 251 | 32.5 | 2.5 | 292 | 37.8 | 3.0 |  |
14 years | 225 | 26.3 | 3.2 | 277 | 32.3 | 3.5 | 355 | 41.4 | 3.4 | Â |
15 years | 164 | 23.5 | 3.8 | 219 | 31.4 | 2.9 | 314 | 45.1 | 6.1 | Â |
16 years | 159 | 25.8 | 3.3 | 194 | 31.4 | 2.2 | 264 | 42.8 | 4.6 | Â |
17+ years | 148 | 27.1 | 5.3 | 159 | 29.1 | 1.5 | 239 | 43.8 | 5.5 | 0.54 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Pacific Island | 690 | 34.6 | 1.4 | 721 | 36.1 | 1.2 | 584 | 29.3 | 0.7 | Â |
Maori | 164 | 23.1 | 2.9 | 212 | 23.1 | 2.9 | 334 | 47.0 | 2.3 | Â |
Asian/other | 26 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 79 | 20.9 | 1.5 | 273 | 72.2 | 1.5 | Â |
European | 46 | 11.3 | 4.8 | 88 | 21.6 | 3.3 | 273 | 67.1 | 5.5 | <0.001 |