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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of age, BMI-for-age, body weight status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores of students by gender

From: Are physical activity, sedentary behaviors and sleep duration associated with body mass index-for-age and health-related quality of life among high school boys and girls?

 

Girls

(n = 227)

Boys

(n = 238)

P value

 Age (years)

15.45 ± 0.96

15.66 ± 0.91

0.018*

 BMI-for-age

0.47 ± 1.28

0.47 ± 1.45

0.964

Body weight status n (%)

 

 Severely thin and thin

3(1.3 %)

10(4.2 %)

0.125

 Normal weight

143(63.0 %)

130(54.6 %)

 Overweight

55(24.2 %)

67(28.2 %)

 Obese

26(11.5 %)

31(13.0 %)

Adolescent self-report of HRQOL scores

 

 Physical functioning

80.78 ± 13.50

89.26 ± 10.03

<0.001*

 Emotional functioning

62.89 ± 19.97

76.45 ± 14.62

<0.001*

 Social functioning

85.07 ± 16.72

89.37 ± 11.42

0.025*

 School functioning

73.26 ± 15.45

78.42 ± 16.17

<0.001*

 Total HRQOL score

76.19 ± 12.93

84.14 ± 9.73

<0.001*

Parent proxy-reports of HRQOL scores

 

 Physical functioning

82.08 ± 16.56

88.99 ± 13.34

<0.001*

 Emotional functioning

65.22 ± 24.21

76.53 ± 18.05

<0.001*

 Social functioning

87.73 ± 16.31

87.79 ± 14.88

0.498

 School functioning

76.28 ± 17.42

79.85 ± 17.32

0.027*

 Total HRQOL score

78.41 ± 15.30

84.03 ± 12.24

<0.001*

  1. *p < 0.05