Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 13.22

BMI, by minority ethnic group

Aged 2-15             1999

BMI (kg/m2)
Minority ethnic group
     
General
population
(1997)
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Boys              

Observed              
Mean BMI 18.2 18.4 17.8 17.1 17.8 17.9 17.8
Standard error of the mean 0.21 0.28 0.19 0.18 0.27 0.19 0.05
Mean BMI: ratio of means 1.02 1.04 1.00 0.96 1.00 1.00 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01  

Girls              

Observed
Mean BMI 19.1 18.1 18.4 17.8 17.7 18.2 18.1
Standard error of the mean 0.29 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.27 0.22 0.06
Mean BMI: ratio of means 1.05 1.00 1.01 0.98 0.97 1.00 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01  


Bases (weighted):
Boys 173 226 204 77 39 719 a
Girls 194 192 210 68 38 805 a

Bases (unweighted):
Boys 247 221 327 286 124 230 3275
Girls 275 183 333 244 115 235 3288

 


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