Childhood overweight and obesity in a region of Italian immigration in Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Characteristics of students according to nutritional status

Characteristics	Nutritional status						P
	Reference*		Overweight		Obesity
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	175	71.4	40	16.3	30	12.2^†	0.013
Female	270	78.3^†	56	16.2	19	5.5	0.013
Age (years)
9 to 13	340	74.1	80	17.4	39	8.5	0.318
14 to 18	105	80.2	16	12.2	10	7.6	0.318
Breakfast consumption	336	78.9^†	59	13.8	31	7.3	0.007
Physical activity < 3 times per week	222	72.5	55	18.0	29	9.5	0.246
Elevated blood pressure
Absent	411	79.2^†	74	14.3	34	6.6	<0.001
Present	30	46.2	20	30.8^†	15	23.1^†	<0.001

p = minimal significance level of the chi-square test; *Low and normal weight; ^†Adjusted residual analysis: p < 0.05.

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