Table 1 Data summary.

From: Overweight & obesity epidemic, temporal trends and regional disparities in physical growth of Vietnamese children

 

Hochiminh city

(N visits = 50648)

Hanoi

(N visits = 136650)

Haiphong

(N visits = 14865)

Total

(N visits = 202163)

p value*

Number of children

15,305

69,215

4364

88,884

 

Age (median (IQR))

8.9 (6.0, 12.1)

7.9 (5.1, 11.3)

9.0 (5.9, 12.1)

8.2 (5.3, 11.6)

< 0.001

− 18 months ≤ age ≤ 5 years

9226 (18.2%)

33,856 (24.8%)

2750 (18.5%)

45,832 (22.7%)

 

− 5 years < age ≤ 11 years

24,903 (49.2%)

66,144 (48.4%)

7134 (48.0%)

98,181 (48.6%)

 

− 11 years < age ≤ 18 years

16,519 (32.6%)

36,650 (26.8%)

4981 (33.5%)

58,150 (28.8%)

 

Sex Male

25,283 (49.9%)

72,077 (52.7%)

7938 (53.4%)

105,298 (52.1%)

< 0.001

Calendar year

    

< 0.001

− 2018

3694 (7.3%)

2616 (1.9%)

605 (4.1%)

6915 (3.4%)

 

− 2019

6109 (12.1%)

20,890 (15.3%)

1108 (7.5%)

28,107 (13.9%)

 

− 2020

5917 (11.7%)

23,208 (17.0%)

2169 (14.6%)

31,294 (15.5%)

 

− 2022

13,361 (26.4%)

28,999 (21.2%)

4522 (30.4%)

46,882 (23.2%)

 

− 2023

10,118 (20.0%)

30,520 (22.3%)

3237 (21.8%)

43,875 (21.7%)

 

− 2024

11,449 (22.6%)

30,417 (22.3%)

3224 (21.7%)

45,090 (22.3%)

 
  1. *p-values from Chi-square test for categorical variables or Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables.
  2. IQR: interquartile range.