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Table 4 Weight status by gender

From: Weight status of adolescents in secondary schools in port Harcourt using Body Mass Index (BMI)

Weight status

Sex

Total

χ2

P value

(NCHS)

Males No. (%)

Females No. (%)

   

Normal

417 (86.7)

402 (83.9)

819 (85.3)

1.47

0.220

Underweight

43 (8.9)

18 (3.8)

61 (6.4)

10.83

0.000

Overweight

18 (3.7)

45 (9.4)

63 (6.3)

12.50

0.000

Obese

3 (0.6)

14 (2.9)

17 (1.8)

7.29

0.006

Total

481 (100)

479 (100)

960 (100)

29.20

0.000