Table 4 PedsQL scores according to sample and pubertal status controlling for gender, age and ethnicity
From: Health-related quality of life in a clinical sample of obese children and adolescents
|  | Obese group (n = 96) |  | Control group (n = 444) |  | Analysis of Covariance Group effect | Analysis of Covariance Pubertal status effect | Analysis of Covariance p-value group × pubertal status interaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Prepubescent (n = 40) | Early to post pubertal (n = 56) | Prepubescent (n = 312) | Early to post pubertal (n = 132) | F; p-value | F; p-value | F; p-value |
Physical functioning | 68.7 (63.8 -73.6) | 70.9 (66.5 - 75.2) | 78.6 (76.7 - 80.6) | 82.9 (79.7 - 86.2) | 37.9; < 0.001 | 2.0; ns | 0.3; ns |
Emotional functioning | 56.5 (50.5 - 62.6) | 66.5 (61.1 - 71.8) | 72.7 (70.3 - 75.1) | 73.2 (69.2 - 77.2) | 26.8; < 0.001 | 3.4; < 0.06 | 4.6; < 0.05 |
Social functioning | 67.1 (61.3 - 72.8) | 77.3 (72.1 - 82.5) | 74.6 (72.3 - 76.9) | 88.9 (85.0 - 92.7) | 20.3; < 0.001 | 20.7 < 0.001 | 0.9; ns |
School functioning | 65.0 (59.1 - 70.9) | 65.5 (60.2 - 70.8) | 69.4 (67.1 - 71.8) | 73.9 (70.0 - 77.8) | 8.7; 0.003 | 0.8; ns | 0.8; ns |
Psychosocial health | 62.9 (58.1 - 67.6) | 69.8 (65.6 - 74.0) | 72.2 (70.3 - 74.1) | 78.7 (75.5 - 81.8) | 27.6; < 0.001 | 9.2; 0.003 | 0.0; ns |
Total scale score | 64.8 (60.5- 69.2) | 69.7 (65.8 - 73.5) | 74.4 (72.6 - 76.1) | 80.3 (77.4 - 83.2) | 40.3; < 0.001 | 7.0; 0.008 | 0.1; ns |