Exploration of the Risk Factors of Generalized and Central Obesity among Adolescents in North Lebanon

Table 2

Anthropometric assessment.

	School type												Total sample; (N. = 311)
	Male; ( = 98)				Female; ( = 213)				Total; ( = 311)
	Private		Public		Private		Public		Male		Female
	.	%	.	%	.	%	.	%	.	%	.	%	.	%
Body mass index
Underweight/normal	48	60.0	10	55.6	47	73.4	106	71.1	58	59.2	153	71.8	211	67.8
Overweight/obese	32	40.0	8	44.4	17	26.6	43	28.9	40	40.8	60	28.2	100	32.2
	0.120 (0.729)				0.117 (0.733)				4.92 (0.02)
Waist circumference
Normal	34	42.5	12	66.7	37	57.8	98	65.8	71	49.3	110	65.9	181	58.2
Central obesity	46	57.5	6	33.3	27	42.2	51	34.2	73	50.7	57	34.1	130	41.8
	3.446 (0.063)				1.222 (0.269)				8.71 (<0.00)
Waist-to-height ratio
Normal	35	43.8	12	66.7	40	62.5	105	70.5	75	52.1	117	70.1	192	61.7
Central obesity	45	56.3	6	33.3	24	37.5	44	29.5	69	47.9	50	29.9	119	38.3
	3.092 (0.079)				1.308 (0.253)				10.57 (0.00)

: Chi square test. significant at . .: number.