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

Table 4 Adolescent self-reported HRQoL scores according to adolescents’ perception regarding their body weight status

	Underweight	Normal weight	Overweight	Obese	F value	p-value	Effect size (power)*
Girls
Physical functioning	72.9 ± 17.6	75.3 ± 21.4	74.7 ± 17.7	84.9 ± 15.4	1.26	0.290	0.01(0.34)
Emotional functioning	60.0 ± 26.1	59.4 ± 31.5	56.6 ± 26.6	64.5 ± 22.8	0.51	0.674	0.01(0.15)
Social functioning	83.7 ± 19.2	84.4 ± 23.9	80.0 ± 19.5	81.7 ± 17.1	1.43	0.236	0.02(0.38)
School functioning	69.9 ± 21.5	71.5 ± 26.4	68.2 ± 22.2	74.5 ± 19.1	0.74	0.527	0.01(0.21)
HRQOL total score	71.8 ± 16.1	73.0 ± 20.1	70.5 ± 16.0	77.5 ± 13.9	0.98	0.403	0.01(0.27)
Boys
Physical functioning	79.1 ± 17.2^ac	86.1 ± 21.3^b	79.9 ± 16.4^c	84.0 ± 13.8^abc	5.62	0.001	0.06(0.94)
Emotional functioning	61.2 ± 34.3^a	71.5 ± 29.5^b	65.9 ± 22.4^ab	66.3 ± 19.3^ab	4.85	0.003	0.05(0.90)
Social functioning	77.8 ± 21.2^ac	84.8 ± 26.0^b	78.0 ± 20.2^c	77.6 ± 16.9^abc	4.28	0.006	0.05(0.86)
School functioning	68.5 ± 24.5	75.0 ± 29.5	71.6 ± 23.2	74.8 ± 19.7	1.97	0.120	0.02(0.50)
HRQOL total score	72.6 ± 15.5^ac	80.2 ± 18.9^b	74.6 ± 14.2^c	76.8 ± 12.4^abc	7.39	< 0.001	0.08(0.98)

Note: Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) test was performed and 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-c: 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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