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Table 2 Demographic comparisons between respondents and non-respondents, and between respondents and Taiwan population

From: Child-rated versus parent-rated quality of life of community-based obese children across gender and grade

 

Convenience sample

     
 

Respondentsb

Non-respondentsc

  

Taiwana

  
 

n (%)

n (%)

χ2

p

%

χ2

p

Gender

  

0.01

0.92

 

0.17

0.69

 Boys

103 (55.1 %)

90 (54.5%)

  

53.6%

  

 Girls

84 (44.9%)

75 (45.5%)

  

46.4%

  

Grade

  

38.62

<0.01

 

--

--

 3rd

28 (15.0%)

59 (35.8%)

  

--

  

 4th

52 (27.8%)

59 (35.8%)

  

--

  

 5th

55 (29.4%)

34 (20.6%)

  

--

  

 6th

52 (27.8%)

13 (7.9%)

  

--

  

Weight status

  

0.23

0.63

 

2.45

0.12

 Obese

60 (32.1%)

49 (29.7%)

  

27.0%

  

 Normal

127 (67.0%)

116 (70.3%)

  

73.0%

  
  1. aCompared with respondents, and data were based on Chu and Pan [31].
  2. bOverweight (n = 34) children were not included.
  3. cOverweight (n = 41) and underweight (n = 52) were not included.