Table 2: Obesity among children with and without Down syndrome.
Down syndrome No Down syndrome P -value OR 95% CI
No. Mean SD No. Mean SD
Obese 8 (42.1) 48 (22.6) 0.06 2.49 0.95–6.53
Non-obese 11 (57.9) 164 (77.4) 1.00
Obesity index (%) 21.0 17.7 7.6 22.1 <0.05
Rohrer index 155.9 20.8 133.8 27.8 <0.001
SD:standard deviation, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval
P-value was calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test