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Table 1 Health related quality of life and BMI by gender and age (n = 1066)

From: A cross-sectional study of Health Related Quality of Life and body mass index in a Norwegian school sample (8–18 years): a comparison of child and parent perspectives

  

Girls

Boys

Total

KIDSCREEN scales

No of items

8–11

12–15

16–18

Total

p a

8–11

12–15

16–18

Total

p a

p b

p c

n = 1066

n = (166)

n = (246)

n = (164)

n = 576

n = (134)

n = (216)

n = (140)

n = 490

Physical well-being

5

70.06

66.61

54.51

64.16

<.001

73.17

71.67

65.00

70.17

.001

<.001

<.001

66.92

Psychological well-being

6

83.16

77.24

69.16

76.64

<.001

83.61

80.54

73.75

79.44

<.001

.009

<.001

77.93

Mood

7

82.90

82.78

73.69

80.23

<.001

84.30

83.90

82.63

83.54

.541

<.001

<.001

81.80

Self-perception

5

82.86

68.16

56.28

69.03

<.001

86.87

81.57

74.00

80.86

<.001

<.001

<.001

74.47

Autonomy

5

74.91

72.68

56.01

68.58

<.001

75.97

75.09

67.21

73.08

<.001

<.001

<.001

70.65

Parent relations

6

82.56

77.41

70.12

76.82

<.001

83.58

78.28

75.12

78.83

<.001

.086

<.001

77.74

Financial resources

3

72.24

76.76

78.15

75.85

.053

71.52

79.63

79.52

77.38

.003

.289

<.001

76.56

Social support and peers

6

77.84

76.13

72.97

75.72

.041

76.06

72.59

68.78

72.45

.003

.003

<.001

74.22

School environment

6

79.44

67.06

57.72

67.97

<.001

76.15

66.30

54.70

65.68

<.001

.064

<.001

66.92

Bullying

3

87.05

90.14

95.58

90.80

<.001

86.26

90.51

93.15

90.21

.001

.468

<.001

90.48

BMI n (%)

      

Normal

 

135(81.3)

210(85.4)

123(75)

468(81.2)

.032

105(78.4)

171(79.2)

116(82.9)

392(80)

.559

.783

 

860(80.7)

Overweight

 

28(16.9)

31(12.6)

31(18.9)

90(15.6)

 

27(20.1)

37(17.1)

20(14.3)

84(17.1)

   

174(16.3)

Obese

 

3 (1.8)

5 (2.0)

10(6.1)

18(3.1)

 

2(1.5)

8(3.7)

4(2.9)

14(4.6)

   

32(3.0)

  1. pa overall age differences within gender (f-test); pb gender differences (t-test); pc overall age differences (f-test).