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Table 4 Distribution of Chinese university student participants by BMI class (%)

From: Associations between body mass index and physical fitness indicators among Chinese university students: a multicenter cross-sectional study

Project

N

BMI

Emaciated

Normal

Overweight

Obesity

Boys

     

19 yrs

4093

535(13.1)

2469(60.3)

962(23.5)

127(3.1)

20 yrs

4796

466(9.7)

3168(66.1)

1107(23.1)

55(1.1)

21 yrs

3764

289(7.7)

2623(69.7)

693(18.4)

159(4.2)

22 yrs

3757

278(7.4)

2580(68.7)

756(20.1)

143(3.8)

19–22 yrs

16,410

1568(9.6)

10,840(66.1)

3518(21.4)

484(2.9)

Girls

     

19 yrs

4052

1025(25.3)

2619(64.6)

348(8.6)

60(1.5)

20 yrs

3700

1032(27.9)

2413(65.2)

221(6.0)

34(0.9)

21 yrs

2859

816(28.5)

1860(65.1)

167(5.8)

16(0.6)

22 yrs

2350

785(33.4)

1439(61.2)

123(5.2)

3(0.1)

19–22 yrs

12,961

3658(28.2)

8331(64.3)

859(6.6)

113(0.9)

Total

     

19 yrs

8145

1560(19.2)

5088(62.5)

1310(16.1)

187(2.3)

20 yrs

8496

1498(17.6)

5581(65.7)

1328(15.6)

89(1.0)

21 yrs

6623

1105(16.7)

4483(67.7)

860(13.0)

175(2.6)

22 yrs

6107

1063(17.4)

4019(65.8)

879(14.4)

146(2.4)

19–22 yrs

29,371

5226(17.8)

19,171(65.3)

4377(14.9)

597(2.0)