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Table 3 Differences between BMI weight categories in boys

From: Relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life in children aged 7–8 years

 

Underweight and normal

N = 73

Overweight

N = 16

Obesity

N = 4

  

Variable

M ± SD (MRank)

M ± SD (MRank)

M ± SD (MRank)

H

Sig.

Physical Well-being

56.12 ± 8.49 (48.38)

54.86 ± 10.09 (43.25)

53.07 ± 7.07 (36.75)

1.096

.578

Psychological Well-being

55.14 ± 11.74 (48.93)

50.26 ± 8.35 (38.47)

51.90 ± 5.39 (45.88)

2.002

.368

Autonomy & Parent Relation

51.84 ± 9.41 (46.37)

50.95 ± 9.74 (45.81)

57.39 ± 9.83 (63.25)

1.532

.465

Social Support & Peers

54.98 ± 9.51 (48.45)

54.33 ± 8.67 (46.59)

46.33 ± 10.35 (22.13)

3.685

.158

School

57.63 ± 9.45 (48.95)

54.37 ± 9.61 (40.31)

53.63 ± 6.44 (38.25)

1.826

.401

  1. M mean SD standard deviation, H Kruskal-Wallis H test; *p < 0.05