Weight associated factors in relation to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Iranian adolescents

Table 3 Adolescent self-reported HRQoL scores in different body weight status groups

	Underweight	Normal weight	Overweight	Obese	F value	p-value	Effect size (power)*
Physical functioning	70.5 ± 14.0^a	79.3 ± 23.7^b	80.0 ± 16.6^b	78.5 ± 14.9^b	2.63	0.049	0.014(0.64)
Emotional functioning	65.2 ± 20.4	63.7 ± 33.5	63.4 ± 23.9	63.1 ± 22.4	0.06	0.982	0.00(0.06)
Social functioning	79.5 ± 16.1	83.3 ± 27.6	81.9 ± 19.7	78.0 ± 17.4	2.46	0.062	0.013(0.61)
School functioning	70.3 ± 18.7	71.7 ± 29.6	70.8 ± 21.8	71.9 ± 19.9	0.10	0.960	0.001(0.07)
HRQOL total score	71.2 ± 12.7	75.1 ± 21.7	74.8 ± 15.6	73.6 ± 14.1	0.82	0.482	0.004(0.23)

Note: Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test was conducted and adolescent’s sex, parental educational level, mother's working status and father’s job were adjusted in the model. Adjusted mean and standard deviation have been reported. ^a and ^b: Results of Bonferroni’s post test have been indicated as superscript letters in each row. Means in a row without a common superscript letter significantly differ. * Partial Eta squared is reported as effect size

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