10-Year Changes in Adiposity in Cameroon School-Age Children: Evidence for Increasing Central Adiposity and Higher Adiposity Levels in Tallest-for-Age Children

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of the study population.

Variable	2010		2020		value
	N = 1274		N = 1550
	n	%	n	%
Age group (years)					<0.001
5-6	266	20.8	448	29.0
7-8	376	29.5	442	28.5
9-10	488	38.3	392	25.3
11-12	146	11.4	266	17.2
Gender					0.006
Female	638	50.1	694	44.8
Male	636	49.9	856	55.2
School type					0.182
Public	642	50.4	742	47.9
Private/faith-based	632	49.6	808	52.1
Quartiles of height SDS					<0.001
First quartile	440	34.5	290	18.7
Second quartile	282	22.1	436	28.1
Third quartile	274	21.5	416	26.8
Fourth quartile	278	21.8	408	26.3