High Rate of Obesity-Associated Hypertension among Primary Schoolchildren in Sudan

Table 1

Age and gender by BMI status.

Characteristic	Normal BMI 𝑛 (%)	Overweight 𝑛 (%)	Obese 𝑛 (%)
Gender
Male	56 (82.4)	8 (11.8)	4 (5.9)
Female	177 (75.0)	33 (14.0)	26 (11.0)
Age
6 yrs	34 (82.9)	7 (17.1)	0 (0.0)
7 yrs	40 (80.0)	5 (10.0)	5 (10.0)
8 yrs	42 (77.8)	6 (11.1)	6 (11.1)
9 yrs	54 (75.0)	10 (13.9)	8 (11.1)
10 yrs	19 (63.3)	5 (16.7)	6 (20.0)
11 yrs	19 (73.1)	5 (19.2)	2 (7.7)
12 yrs	25 (80.6)	3 (9.7)	3 (9.7)