Weight among children born 2005-2011 in Nuuk at the time of school entry

Figures & data

Table 1. Distribution of age, weight, height, BMI and weight classes among boys and girls in Nuuk born 2005 to 2011 at the time of school entry

	Female (N = 604)	Male (N = 676)		Total (N = 1280)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p-value*	Mean (SD)
Age (years)	6.5 (0.38)	6.5 (0.38)	0.335	6.5 (0.38)
Weight (kg)	23.7 (3.94)	24.6 (4.07)	<0.001	24.2 (4.00)
Height (m)	1.20 (0.05)	1.22 (0.05)	<0.001	1.21 (0.05)
BMI(kg/m^2)	16,3 (1.83)	16.4 (2.03)	0.096	16.1 (1.94)^#
Weight classes	% (N)			% (N)
Thinness	5.0% (30)	4.1% (28)	0.479	4.5% (58)
Normal weight	77.3% (467)	794% (537)	0.357	78.4% (1004)
Overweight	13.6% (82)	10.5% (71)	0.091	12.0% (153)
Obese	4.1% (25)	5.9% (40)	0.148	5.1% (65)
Overweight/obese	17.7% (107)	16.4% (111)	0.538	17.0% (218)

*Chi square test

^#Median (IQR)

Table 2. Time trend for the proportion of overweight-obese and median BMI among all children included, born between 2005 and 2011, living in Nuuk at school entry

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	p-value*
Included % (N)	70.1%	71.2%	80.5%	76.3%	82.5%	87.7%	85.0%	<0.001
	(155/221)	(153/215)	(202/251)	(177/232)	(189/229)	(206/235)	(198/233)
Female	30.3%	15.9%	16.5%	27.3%	10.6%	16.4%	15.4%	0.034
	(23/76)	(14/88)	(15/91)	(17/79)	(10/94)	(14/85)	(14/91)
	16.7 (2.9)	16.0 (1.8)	16.1 (2.0)	16.1 (2.2)	15.8 (1.7)	16.1 (2.0)	15.7 (1.6)
Male	12.7%	16.9%	9.0%	16.3%	33.3%	19.8%	14.0%	0.160
	(10/79)	(11/65)	(10/111)	(16/98)	(25/95)	(24/121)	(15/107)
	16.0 (2.0)	16.1 (1.9)	16.2 (1.6)	16.2 (2.0)	16.3 (2.4)	16.2 (2.1)	15.8 (1.8)
Total	21.2%	16.3%	12.3%	18.6%	18.5%	18.4%	14.6%	0.602
	(33/155)	(25/153)	(25/202)	(33/177)	(35/189)	(38/206)	(29/198)
	16.2 (2.4	16.1 (1.8)	16.1 (1.7)	16.2 (2.1)	15.9 (2.2)	16.2 (2.0)	15.8 (1.7)

*Chi square test for trend

Table 3. Distribution of weight classes in Nuuk and the rest of Greenland at the time of school entry for children born in 2011

Weight class (N)	Nuuk (N = 198)	Rest of Greenland (N = 438)	p-value*
Thinness	4.5% (9)	2.3% (10)	0.121
Normal weight	81.0% (160)	68.9% (302)	0.002
Overweight	12.1% (24)	22.4% (98)	0.002
Obese	2.5% (5)	6.4% (28)	0.042
Overweight/obese	14.6% (29)	28.8 (126)	<0.001

*Chi square test