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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of study population by attempts to control their weight.

From: What effect do attempts to lose weight have on the observed relationship between nutrition behaviors and body mass index among adolescents?

 

Lose weight

Gain weight

Not change weight 1

 
 

n

%2

SE3

n

%

SE

n

%

SE

p-value4

Total

1662

47.6

1.4

475

13.6

0.9

1353

38.8

1.6

 

MALES

Total

657

39.5

1.8

355

21.4

1.4

651

39.2

2.4

 

Age

          

12–13 years

188

50.7

2.6

58

15.6

2.3

125

33.7

2.2

 

14 years

177

42.8

2.0

80

19.3

2.7

157

37.9

3.5

 

15 years

110

32.5

3.0

73

21.5

4.2

156

46.0

3.5

 

16 years

97

32.7

1.8

79

26.6

3.8

121

40.7

3.7

 

17+ years

85

35.1

3.1

65

26.9

0.6

92

38.0

3.1

<0.001

Ethnicity

          

Pacific Island

452

46.5

1.3

204

21.0

1.1

317

32.6

1.1

 

Maori

102

32.9

4.1

53

17.1

1.1

155

50.0

3.6

 

Asian/other

50

25.4

2.4

69

35.0

3.4

78

39.6

5.4

 

European

53

29.0

2.7

29

15.9

1.8

101

55.2

3.1

<0.001

Weight Status

          

Obese

339

77.8

1.4

5

1.2

0.4

92

21.1

1.6

 

Overweight

221

43.5

2.4

73

14.4

1.9

214

42.1

2.5

 

Normal weight

97

13.5

1.5

277

38.5

3.4

345

48.0

3.3

<0.001

FEMALES

Total

1005

55.0

1.7

120

6.6

0.5

702

38.4

1.5

 

Age

          

12–13 years

210

52.2

3.0

26

6.5

0.8

166

41.3

2.8

 

14 years

249

56.2

1.6

35

7.9

1.3

159

35.9

1.2

 

15 years

208

58.1

2.2

23

6.4

0.8

127

35.5

2.2

 

16 years

174

54.4

3.2

15

4.7

0.5

131

41.0

3.4

 

17+ years

164

54.0

4.2

21

6.9

1.2

119

39.1

4.4

0.31

Ethnicity

          

Pacific Island

613

60.0

1.2

63

6.2

0.8

346

33.9

1.1

 

Maori

209

52.3

2.0

24

6.0

0.7

167

41.8

1.7

 

Asian/other

80

44.2

3.2

18

10.0

2.5

83

45.9

2.1

 

European

103

46.0

4.8

15

6.7

1.3

106

47.3

4.5

<0.001

Weight Status

          

Obese

386

78.8

1.9

6

1.2

0.6

98

20.0

1.5

 

Overweight

392

66.2

1.3

19

3.2

0.6

181

30.6

1.1

 

Normal weight

227

30.5

3.3

95

12.8

1.6

423

56.8

2.3

<0.001

  1. 1Includes students who were trying to stay the same weight or were not trying to do anything about their weight.
  2. 2 Row percentage, unadjusted for confounders
  3. 3Standard error (SE) for percentage
  4. 4P-value for bivariate relationship