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Table 2 Anthropometrics of the Swiss sample stratified by gender, parental education and ethnicity

From: Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren in German-speaking Switzerland compared to seven countries in Europe

Anthropometrics

Total

Gender

 

Parental education

Language spoken at home

Country of birth of parents

  

Boys

Girls

Low

High

Non-native

Native

Non-native

Native

 

N=609

N=311

N=285

N=175

N=381

N=139

N=455

N=201

N=359

BMIa (mean, SDb)

18.0 (2.8)

18.1 (2.7)

17.9 (2.8)

18.3 (3.1)*

17.8 (2.6)

18.5 (3.2)*

17.9 (2.6)

18.2 (3.1)

17.8 (2.5)

BMIa (median)

17.4

17.4

17.4

17.7

17.3

17.9

17.3

17.5

17.2

WCc (mean, SDb)

63.5 (7.5)

64.6 (7.5)***

62.4 (7.3)

64.3 (8.1)*

62.9 (7.0)

65.9 (8.5)***

62.9 (7.1)

64.8 (8.1)***

62.5 (6.8)

WCc (median)

62.2

63.1

61.5

63.3

61.6

64.0

61.8

63.0

61.4

% Overweightd

13.9

15.8

11.6

15.4

12.6

21.6**

11.5

15.4

12.3

% Obesed

2.3

1.9

2.5

3.4

1.6

5.8***

1.1

4.5*

0.8

% BMI 1SDe

18.4

21.6*

14.7

20.6

16.8

25.2*

16.3

20.9

16.2

% BMI 2SDe

5.0

6.5

3.2

5.7

4.5

7.9

4.0

7.0

3.6

% BMI 3SDe

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.5

0.0

  1. aBMI=body mass index.
  2. bSD=standard deviation.
  3. cWC=waist circumference.
  4. doverweight categories based on the IOTF criteria, including both overweight and obesity.
  5. eBMI standard deviation scores, also called BMI z-scores, are measures of relative weight adjusted for child age and sex.
  6. *p≤0,05.
  7. **p≤0,01.
  8. ***p≤0,001.