Table 4 Different BMI categories of severe thinness = (3SD below the mean); thinness = (between 2 and 3 SD below the mean); normal = (between 2SD below and 1 SD above the average); overweight = (between 1 and 2 SD above the average); obese = ( 2 SD or more above the average), in UAE children aged from 0–18 years divided according to age and sex.
Age | Gender | BMI categories | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severely thin (%) | Thin (%) | Normal (%) | Overweight (%) | Obese (%) | |||
0 month | Female | 0.0 | 0.2 | 82.8 | 12.1 | 4.9 | 0.139 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.5 | 82.0 | 15.0 | 2.5 | ||
3 months | Female | 0.0 | 4.0 | 79.2 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 0.719 |
Male | 0.0 | 1.9 | 81.7 | 16.3 | 0.0 | ||
6 months | Female | 0.0 | 0.5 | 82.5 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 0.439 |
Male | 0.5 | 2.2 | 84.2 | 9.3 | 3.8 | ||
9 months | Female | 0.0 | 1.0 | 78.1 | 19.8 | 1.0 | 0.361 |
Male | 0.0 | 2.1 | 83.2 | 11.6 | 3.2 | ||
1 year | Female | 0.0 | 3.8 | 81.8 | 12.3 | 2.1 | 0.491 |
Male | 0.4 | 1.6 | 83.1 | 12.2 | 2.8 | ||
2 years | Female | 0.0 | 1.5 | 77.3 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 0.906 |
Male | 0.0 | 1.9 | 78.8 | 15.9 | 3.4 | ||
3 years | Female | 0.0 | 5.2 | 83.3 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 0.951 |
Male | 0.0 | 4.9 | 82.0 | 11.7 | 1.5 | ||
4 years | Female | 0.0 | 1.9 | 83.0 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 0.019 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.7 | 77.2 | 20.5 | 1.6 | ||
5 years | Female | 0.0 | 1.7 | 84.0 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 0.013 |
Male | 0.0 | 1.3 | 83.4 | 12.9 | 2.4 | ||
6 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 12.0 | 4.7 | 0.051 |
Male | 0.0 | 1.5 | 83.4 | 10.6 | 4.5 | ||
7 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.7 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 0.465 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.5 | 11.3 | 5.2 | ||
8 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 0.382 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.3 | 81.0 | 14.6 | 4.2 | ||
9 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.3 | 14.5 | 4.2 | 0.439 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.5 | 12.6 | 5.9 | ||
10 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.6 | 13.5 | 4.9 | 0.943 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.4 | 12.7 | 4.9 | ||
11 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.3 | 14.2 | 3.5 | 0.862 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.5 | 13.5 | 3.0 | ||
12 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.2 | 14.6 | 3.3 | 0.057 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.9 | 11.4 | 5.7 | ||
13 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.4 | 13.3 | 5.3 | 0,071 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.4 | 15.7 | 2.8 | ||
14 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.4 | 13.9 | 4.8 | 0.795 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.9 | 12.9 | 4.2 | ||
15 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.4 | 14.0 | 4.6 | 0.569 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.5 | 12.1 | 5.5 | ||
16 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.3 | 13.6 | 4.2 | 0.903 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 81.4 | 13.9 | 4.7 | ||
17 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 84.7 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 0.055 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.9 | 12.6 | 4.5 | ||
18 years | Female | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83.1 | 12.9 | 4.0 | 0.272 |
Male | 0.0 | 0.0 | 78.6 | 16.5 | 4.9 | ||
