A Median Analysis of Factors Influencing Body Fatness in Urban School-Age Children in Cameroon

Table 3

Median of percentage body fat of school-age children ().

Factors	Full sample		Boys		Girls
	Median	Value^a	Median	Value^a	Median	Value^a
Fruit and vegetable consumption		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Never	25.7		22.8		28.5
Occasionally	20.0		18.5		22.8
Everyday	17.1		15.7		18.5
Breakfast consumption		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Skip/rarely	25.6		22.8		28.5
1–2 times/week	25.6		24.2		28.5
3–4 times/week	18.5		17.4		18.5
Daily	17.1		15.7		18.5
Snacks (in-between meals)		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Once a day	17.1		15.7		17.1
Twice a day	17.1		15.7		18.5
Three times a day	20.0		18.5		22.8
Greater than three times a day	25.7		24.2		28.5
Out-of-school physical activity		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
≤2 times/week	24.2		22.8		27.0
>2–4 times/week	18.5		17.1		22.4
>4–7 times/week	15.7		15.7		15.7
Out-of-school sedentary lifestyle		<0.001		<0.001		0.052
≤1 hour/day	18.5		15.7		22.8
>1–3 hours/day	22.8		20.0		22.8
>3–6 hours/day	23.5		22.8		24.2
Motorization to school		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No	18.5		17.1		20.0
Yes	22.8		21.4		26.0
Type of school		0.258		0.097		0.886
Public	20.0		18.5		22.8
Private	22.8		20.0		22.8
Parental education		0.152		0.238		0.176
No education	20.0		17.1		22.8
Primary	22.6		20.0		22.8
Secondary	22.8		20.0		24.2
Higher education	21.0		20.0		22.8

^aKruskal–Wallis test was used to compare median percentage body fat across all groups.