Disadvantaged children at greater relative risk of thinness (as well as obesity): a secondary data analysis of the England National Child Measurement Programme and the UK Millennium Cohort Study

Pearce, Anna; Rougeaux, Emeline; Law, Catherine

doi:10.1186/s12939-015-0187-6

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Percentage (95 % CI); number (n) who were thin, healthy weight, overweight or obese (NCMP, age 4–5 years)

From: Disadvantaged children at greater relative risk of thinness (as well as obesity): a secondary data analysis of the England National Child Measurement Programme and the UK Millennium Cohort Study

	2007/8	2008/9	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2007/8- 2011/12
Girls
Moderately/severely thin	1.14 (1.10, 1.19); 2 670	0.90 (0.86, 0.93); 2 215	0.81 (0.77, 0.84); 2 083	0.87 (0.83, 0.90); 2 295	0.78 (0.75, 0.81); 2 162	0.89 (0.88, 0.91); 11 425
Mildly thin	4.71 (4.62, 4.79); 10 980	4.29 (4.21, 4.37); 10 623	4.05 (3.98, 4.13); 10 441	4.34 (4.26, 4.42); 11 499	4.20 (4.12, 4.27); 11 616	4.31 (4.27, 4.34); 55 159
Healthy weight	73.07 (72.89, 73.25); 170 399	73.36 (73.19, 73.35); 181 545	73.35 (73.18, 73.52); 188 914	73.53 (73.36, 73.70); 194 771	73.43 (73.26, 73.59); 203 209	73.36 (73.28, 73.34); 938 838
Overweight	15.99 (15.84, 16.14); 37 283	16.38 (16.24, 16.53); 40 539	16.50 (16.36, 16.65); 42 503	16.25 (16.11, 16.39); 43 045	16.40 (16.26, 16.54); 45 387	16.31 (16.25, 16.38); 208 757
Obese	5.09 (5.00, 5.18); 11 860	5.07 (4.98, 5.16); 12 547	5.29 (5.20, 5.37); 13 614	5.01 (4.93, 5.09); 13 274	5.20 (4.93, 5.09); 14 379	5.13 (5.09, 5.17); 65 674
Total n	233 192	247 469	257 555	264 884	276 753	1 279 853
Boys
Moderately/severely thin	1.10 (1.06, 1.14); 2 685	0.88 (0.85, 0.92); 2 294	0.82 (0.79, 0.85); 2 211	0.86 (0.82, 0.89); 2 370	0.79 (0.76, 0.82); 2 292	0.88 (0.87, 0.90); 11 852
Mildly thin	5.38 (5.29, 5.47); 13 168	4.97 (4.89, 5.06); 12 893	4.81 (4.73, 4.89); 12 957	4.97 (4.89, 5.05); 13 772	4.93 (4.85, 5.01); 14 292	5.00 (4.97, 5.04); 67 082
Healthy weight	77.46 (77.30, 77.63); 189 581	78.14 (77.98, 78.30); 202 651	78.19 (78.03, 78.34); 210 800	78.34 (78.19, 78.49); 217 124	78.67 (78.53, 78.82); 227 936	78.18 (78.11, 78.25); 1 048 092
Overweight	12.20 (12.07, 12.33); 29 856	12.34 (12.22, 12.47); 32 014	12.33 (12.21, 12.46); 33 251	12.13 (12.01, 12.25); 33 627	11.96 (11.85, 12.08); 34 662	12.19 (12.13, 12.24); 163 410
Obese	3.86 (3.78, 3.94); 9 444	3.66 (3.59, 3.73); 9 494	3.85 (3.78, 3.93); 10 389	3.70 (3.63, 3.77); 10 267	3.64 (3.57, 3.71); 10 539	3.74 (3.71, 3.77); 50 133
Total n	244 734	259 346	269 608	277 160	289 721	1 340 569

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