Table 4: Factors associated with Overweight and Obesity.
Variables |
Non-overweight n (%) |
Overweight n (%) |
Obese n (%) |
Total n (%) |
Fisher’s Exact test |
p |
Socioeconomic class Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 |
123 (92.5) 117 (94.4) 334 (96.0) 324 (94.2) 48 (94.1) |
6 (4.5) 5 (4.0) 10 (2.9) 17 (4.9) 3 (5.9) |
4 (3.0) 2 (1.6) 4 (1.1) 3 (0.9) 0 (0.0) |
133 (100.0) 124 (100.0) 348 (100.0) 344 (100.0) 51 (100.0) |
6.425 |
0.549 |
Type of school Private Public |
302 (94.4) 644 (94.7) |
10 (3.1) 31 (4.6) |
8 (2.5) 5 (0.7) |
320 (100.0) 680 (100.0) |
6.306 |
0.039 |
Distance to school < 1 km ≥ 1 km |
462 (95.7) 483 (93.6) |
14 (2.9) 27 (5.2) |
7 (1.4) 6 (1.2) |
483 (100.0) 516 (100.0) |
3.601 |
0.168 |
Participation in school exercise 1 per week 2 per week > 2 per week |
451 (93.6) 282 (94.9) 213 (96.4) |
23 (4.8) 15 (5.1) 3 (1.3) |
8 (1.6) 0 (0.0) 5 (2.3) |
482 (100.0) 297 (100.0) 221 (100.0) |
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3.171 |
0.008 |
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Age group 10-13 14-16 17-18 |
406 (93.8) 372 (94.7) 168 (96.6) |
19 (4.4) 16 (4.1) 6 (3.4) |
8 (1.8) 5 (1.3) 0 (0.0) |
433 (100.0) 393 (100.0) 174 (100.0) |
3.447 |
0.484 |