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Table 4 Crude prevalence ratio (PR) and confidence intervals (95% CI) for overweight and over-fat relative to chronological age, estimated biological maturity status and cardiorespiratory fitness categories for males (n = 626) and females (n = 580)

From: Nutritional status, biological maturation and cardiorespiratory fitness in Azorean youth aged 11–15 years

   

Poisson regression

Sex

Variable

Category

Overweight and obese

Over-fat

   

PR crude

PR crude

Males

Chronological age

 

0.99 (0.97-1.01)

0.96 (0.94-0.99)

 

% Estimated mature stature

Late

1

1

  

On time

1.23 (1.18-1.27)

1.11 (0.95-1.30)

  

Early

1.52 (1.46-1.59)

1.29 (1.01-1.52)

 

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Unfit

1

1

  

Fit

0.86 (0.81-0.91)

0.86 (0.82-0.91)

Females

Chronological age

 

1.01 (0.99-1.03)

1.02 (0.99-1.04)

 

% Estimated mature stature

Late

1

1

  

On time

1.21 (1.15-1.27)

1.07 (1.01-1.13)

  

Early

1.77 (1.67-1.86)

1.48 (1.38-1.60)

 

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Unfit

1

1

  

Fit

0.87 (0.82-0.91)

0.88 (0.84-0.93)

  1. Overweight and obesity by IOTF criteria [17]; Over-fat, >25% for boys and >30% for girls [19, 20]; CRF categories were based on age- and sex-specific cut-offs of the FITNESSGRAM [23].