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Erratum to: prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children

verfasst von: Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Sibgha Gull, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Ubeera Shahid, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Javed Akram

Erschienen in: BMC Public Health | Ausgabe 1/2012

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The online version of the original article can be found at 10.​1186/​1471-2458-11-724

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors' contributions

All authors contributed significantly in all phases of the study in accordance with uniform requirements established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Since the publication of our article [1], we have noticed some errors in the final published version, for which the corresponding author accepts full responsibility. Page references are to the final PDF version.

Page 3: Results, second paragraph

Lines 1-2: "BMI… 20.7 (5.02) kg/m2…" should read "BMI… 16.0 (3.0) kg/m2…”
Lines 6-8: “According to the IOTF cut-offs, overweight and obesity prevalence was 33 % (95 % CI 31.1-35.3) and 24 % (95 % CI 22.4-26.2) respectively” should read “According to the IOTF cut-offs, overweight and obesity prevalence was 8.3 % (95 % CI 7.1-9.6) and 4.7 % (95 % CI 3.8-5.7) respectively”

Page 4: Table 1

Table 1
Mean and standard deviation (SD) for height, weight and BMI of primary school children in Lahore, Pakistan (n = 1860)
Characteristics
n
Height (cm)
Weight (kg)
BMI (kg/m2)
Boys (n = 977)
5 years (61-71 months)
84
113.7 (7.3)
19.9 (4.6)
15.2 (2.1)
6 years (72-83 months)
161
118.3 (5.9)
21.6 (5.0)
15.3 (2.8)
7 years (84-95 months)
160
122.9 (8.0)
23.5 (5.1)
15.5 (2.4)
8 years (96-107 months)
158
128.7 (7.6)
26.9 (5.9)
16.1 (2.5)
9 years (108-119 months)
161
134.2 (8.1)
29.7 (7.6)
16.4 (3.1)
10 years (120-131 months)
147
138.4 (8.0)
33.3 (9.5)
17.2 (3.5)
11 years (132-143 months)
69
138.6 (7.7)
31.8 (6.8)
16.5 (2.7)
12 years (144-155 months)
37
140.0 (8.3)
31.8 (7.3)
16.1 (2.3)
Girls (n = 883)
5 years (61-71 months)
72
115.4 (7.3)
19.3 (3.2)
14.4 (1.5)
6 years (72-83 months)
143
119.1 (7.6)
21.0 (4.9)
14.7 (2.4)
7 years (84-95 months)
157
124.0 (6.3)
24.0 (5.5)
15.5 (2.7)
8 years (96-107 months)
159
128.1 (7.1)
26.4 (6.8)
15.9 (2.9)
9 years (108-119 months)
151
133.3 (7.8)
30.4 (8.2)
17.0 (3.5)
10 years (120-131 months)
120
138.4 (9.3)
33.3 (10.1)
17.2 (3.8)
11 years (132-143 months)
62
143.3 (9.6)
36.5 (11.0)
17.5 (3.7)
12 years (144-155 months)
19
146.0 (9.4)
36.4 (9.9)
16.9 (3.3)
The values for mean and standard deviation (SD) for BMI (kg/m2) are revised.

Page 4: Table 2

The values for mean BMI (SD) and overweight and obesity prevalence according to the IOTF cut-offs are revised.
Table 2
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary school children in Lahore, Pakistan (n = 1860)
   
WHO 2007
 
IOTF
IOTF
Characteristics
n
Mean BMI (SD)
% (95 % CI)
Mean BMI-for-age z-score (SD)
% (95 % CI)
 
Severely obese
36
25.7 (2.9)
1.9 (1.3-2.6) a
3.7 (0.7)
  
Obese
140
23.4 (2.8)
7.5 (6.3-8.7) b
2.8 (0.7)
4.7 (3.8-5.7) d
 
Overweight
316
21.2 (2.9)
17.0 (15.4-18.8) c
2.0 (0.8)
8.3 (7.1-9.6) e
 
Total sample
1860
16.0 (3.0)
 
-0.3 (1.5)
  
a > +3SD, b > +2SD, c > +1SD of World Health Organization (WHO) 2007 BMI-for-age reference.
d, eInternational Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-offs for obesity and overweight respectively.

Page 5: Figure 1

The values for grade- and gender- specific mean BMI are revised.

Page 6: Second paragraph

Lines 1-8: “Prevalence of overweight by the IOTF cut-offs was twice the prevalence by the WHO 2007 reference (33 % versus 17 %) and prevalence of obesity by the IOTF cutoffs was three times higher than that calculated by the WHO 2007 reference (24 % versus 7.5 %). Using IOTF cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Pakistani schoolaged children would result in higher estimates than the WHO 2007 reference.” should read “Prevalence of overweight by the IOTF cut-offs was half the prevalence by the WHO 2007 reference (8 % versus 17 %) and prevalence of obesity by the IOTF cutoffs was two-third of that calculated by the WHO 2007 reference (5 % versus 7.5 %). Using IOTF cut-offs for overweight and obesity in Pakistani schoolaged children would result in lower estimates than the WHO 2007 reference. A relatively lower overweight and obesity prevalence with use of the IOTF cut-offs as compared to the WHO reference had been reported elsewhere [2, 3].”
In present study, the estimates for overweight included obese children.
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Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Authors' contributions

All authors contributed significantly in all phases of the study in accordance with uniform requirements established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Metadaten
Titel
Erratum to: prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children
verfasst von
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq
Sibgha Gull
Hussain Muhammad Abdullah
Ubeera Shahid
Mushtaq Ahmad Shad
Javed Akram
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2012
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
BMC Public Health / Ausgabe 1/2012
Elektronische ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-532

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