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Table 1 Description of the YES cohort characteristics by obesity grade (means (SD) or frequencies (%))

From: Health related quality of life associated with extreme obesity in adolescents – results from the baseline evaluation of the YES-study

 

Total sample

Obesity grade I (BMI 30–35 kg/m2)

Obesity grade II (BMI 35–40 kg/m2)

Obesity grade III (BMI > 40 kg/m2)

N (%)

352 (100.0)

122 (34.7)

100 (28.4)

130 (36.9)

Age (years)

16.7 (2.4)

15.8 (1.9)

16.2 (1.9)

17.9 (2.7)

Gender (female (%))

180 (51.1)

66 (54.1)

50 (50.0)

64 (49.2)

BMI (kg/m2)

39.1 (7.5)

32.6 (1.4)

37.4 (1.4)

46.5 (7.1)

BMI-SDS

3.0 (0.5)

2.5 (0.2)

3.0 (0.2)

3.5 (0.4)

Study centers

 Berlin

153 (43.5)

68 (55.7)

46 (46.0)

39 (30.0)

 Datteln

46 (13.1)

14 (11.5)

19 (19.0)

13 (10.0)

 Essen

36 (10.2)

2 (1.6)

2 (2.0)

32 (24.6)

 Leipzig

34 (9.7)

9 (7.4)

13 (13.0)

12 (9.2)

 Ulm

83 (23.6)

29 (23.8)

20 (20.0)

34 (26.2)

Cigarette smoking (%)

54 (16.5)

11 (9.7)

19 (20.4)

24 (19.7)

Alcohol use (%)

108 (33.4)

30 (27.5)

27 (29.4)

51 (41.8)

Obesity Pretreatment status (%)

 No pretreatment

118 (37.0)

47 (42.7)

32 (36.4)

39 (32.2)

 Inpatient

112 (35.1)

30 (27.3)

24 (27.3)

58 (47.9)

 Outpatient

89 (27.9)

33 (30.0)

32 (36.4)

24 (19.8)

Comorbidities (yes (%))a

209 (66.8)

64 (56.6)

59 (62.8)

86 (81.1)

No regular physical activity (%)b

131 (40.4)

32 (29.4)

37 (39.4)

62 (51.2)

Screen time > 4 h/d (%)

199 (61.0)

66 (58.9)

48 (52.2)

85 (69.7)

Migration background (%)c

159 (47.3)

57 (49.1)

47 (49.5)

55 (44.0)

Parental education (%)d

 low

98 (31.8)

28 (25.5)

32 (36.0)

38 (34.9)

 middle

124 (40.3)

43 (39.1)

37 (41.6)

44 (40.4)

 high

86 (27.9)

39 (35.5)

20 (22.5)

27 (24.8)

Participant education (%)e

 low

84 (25.0)

17 (14.7)

22 (23.2)

45 (36.0)

 middle

176 (52.4)

64 (55.2)

53 (55.8)

59 (47.2)

 high

76 (22.6)

35 (30.2)

20 (21.1)

21 (16.8)

No parent full-time employed (%)

112 (35.3)

40 (37.4)

28 (31.1)

44 (36.7)

EQ-5D-3 L any problems (%)

 Mobility (n = 349)

63 (18.1)

17 (13.9)

15 (15.2)

31 (24.2)

 Self-care (n = 348)

6 (1.7)

2 (1.6)

1 (1.0)

3 (2.4)

 Usual activities (n = 349)

63 (18.1)

19 (15.6)

14 (14.1)

30 (23.4)

 Pain/Discomfort (n = 349)

159 (45.6)

49 (40.2)

42 (42.4)

68 (53.1)

 Anxiety/Depression (n = 348)

109 (31.3)

37 (30.3)

28 (28.3)

44 (34.7)

  > 1 problem

113 (32.1)

34 (27.9)

27 (27.0)

52 (40.0)

 No problem

136 (38.6)

51 (41.8)

43 (43.0)

42 (32.3)

EQ-VAS (n = 339)

71.8 (22.6)

75.3 (20.7)

71.3 (24.1)

68.9 (23.0)

DCGM-31 (n = 272)

65.1 (17.1)

70.7 (17.8)

65.8 (14.9)

59.3 (16.3)

DCGM-31 dimensions

 Independence

67.7 (19.0)

71.5 (19.4)

68.4 (18.5)

63.6 (18.4)

 Physical restrictions

69.1 (20.3)

75.0 (20.3)

71.6 (17.6)

61.5 (20.0)

 Emotion

51.5 (25.4)

56.7 (27.1)

50.3 (23.6)

47.5 (24.5)

 Social exclusion

72.2 (20.9)

76.9 (20.7)

72.7 (20.1)

67.2 (20.7)

 Social inclusion

65.4 (17.9)

69.3 (18.8)

67.4 (15.3)

60.2 (17.9)

KINDL obesity module (n = 316)

60.4 (18.2)

63.6 (18.8)

61.2 (17.7)

56.7 (17.4)

  1. a hypertension, dyslipidemia or dysglycemia
  2. b based on answers to the question “Do you exercise regularly?”;
  3. c at least one parent born abroad and/or foreign citizen status
  4. d low education: ≤9 years; medium education: 10–11 years; high education: ≥12 years
  5. e lowest educational track: dropped out of school or vocational school; middle educational track: middle school; highest educational track: grammar school with the aim of higher secondary education