Table 1 Anthropometric and socio-demographic profile of adolescents aged 10–19 years in India, 2016–18
Variables | Adolescent boys | Adolescent girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample | Percent | Sample | Percent | |
Body mass Index (BMI) | ||||
Not overweight/obese | 15,697 | 95.0 | 14,841 | 95.1 |
Overweight/obese | 821 | 5.0 | 761 | 4.9 |
Abdominal obesity | ||||
No | 17,116 | 97.8 | 16,271 | 98.8 |
Yes | 381 | 2.2 | 202 | 1.2 |
Triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT) | ||||
Not overweight | 16,675 | 94.7 | 16,276 | 98.3 |
Overweight | 937 | 5.3 | 276 | 1.7 |
Subscapular skinfold thickness (SSFT) | ||||
Not overweight | 16,356 | 92.9 | 15,826 | 95.7 |
Overweight | 1249 | 7.1 | 704 | 4.3 |
Physical activity | ||||
Low | 6963 | 37.8 | 12,178 | 70.0 |
Medium | 4975 | 27.0 | 2544 | 14.6 |
High | 6486 | 35.2 | 2683 | 15.4 |
Serum triglycerides | ||||
Low | 5856 | 85.9 | 5241 | 81.7 |
High | 963 | 14.1 | 1172 | 18.3 |
Cholesterol | ||||
Low | 6582 | 96.6 | 6112 | 95.4 |
High | 234 | 3.4 | 293 | 4.6 |
Low-density lipoprotein | ||||
Low | 6591 | 96.8 | 6121 | 95.5 |
High | 220 | 3.2 | 289 | 4.5 |
High-density lipoprotein | ||||
Low | 2008 | 29.6 | 1533 | 24.0 |
High | 4780 | 70.4 | 4854 | 76.0 |
Age (years) | ||||
Early adolescence (10–14) | 9757 | 53.0 | 8832 | 50.7 |
Late adolescence (15–19) | 8668 | 47.0 | 8573 | 49.3 |
Education | ||||
No schooling | 885 | 4.8 | 1182 | 6.8 |
Dropout | 3194 | 17.3 | 3721 | 21.4 |
Currently studying | 14,346 | 77.9 | 12,502 | 71.8 |
Media exposure | ||||
No | 2955 | 16.0 | 4080 | 23.4 |
Yes | 15,470 | 84.0 | 13,325 | 76.6 |
Parent education | ||||
Both uneducated | 4487 | 24.4 | 4529 | 26.0 |
Anyone educated | 5908 | 32.1 | 5782 | 33.2 |
Both educated | 8030 | 43.6 | 7094 | 40.8 |
Parents diabetes status | ||||
No one | 17,675 | 95.9 | 16,769 | 96.4 |
Anyone had | 750 | 4.1 | 636 | 3.7 |
Diet | ||||
Vegetarian | 3519 | 19.1 | 4770 | 27.4 |
Non-vegetarian | 14,902 | 80.9 | 12,634 | 72.6 |
Junk food consumption | ||||
No | 4876 | 26.5 | 4638 | 26.7 |
1–2 days | 12,771 | 69.3 | 12,216 | 70.2 |
3–7 days | 774 | 4.2 | 549 | 3.2 |
Substance use | ||||
No | 16,876 | 91.6 | 17,194 | 98.8 |
Yes | 1549 | 8.4 | 211 | 1.2 |
Caste | ||||
SC/ST | 5769 | 33.2 | 5769 | 33.2 |
Non-SC/ST | 11,636 | 66.9 | 11,636 | 66.9 |
Religion | ||||
Hindu | 14,878 | 80.8 | 13,797 | 79.3 |
Muslim | 2643 | 14.3 | 2819 | 16.2 |
Christian | 458 | 2.5 | 381 | 2.2 |
Others | 446 | 2.4 | 408 | 2.3 |
Wealth quintile | ||||
Poor | 7292 | 39.6 | 7036 | 40.4 |
Middle | 3696 | 20.1 | 3473 | 20.0 |
Rich | 7437 | 40.4 | 6896 | 39.6 |
Place of residence | ||||
Rural | 13,788 | 74.8 | 13,174 | 75.7 |
Urban | 4637 | 25.2 | 4231 | 24.3 |
Regions | ||||
North | 2597 | 14.1 | 2306 | 13.3 |
Central | 5750 | 31.2 | 5936 | 34.1 |
East | 4248 | 23.1 | 4148 | 23.8 |
Northeast | 582 | 3.2 | 507 | 2.9 |
West | 2327 | 12.6 | 1864 | 10.7 |
South | 2921 | 15.9 | 2644 | 15.2 |
Total | 17,865 | 100.0 | 17,965 | 100.0 |