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Table 2 Means and standard deviations for body mass and fatigue at admission and discharge by gender

From: Pediatric quality of life multidimensional fatigue scale (PedsQL-MFS) detects the effects of a 3-week Inpatient body weight reduction program for children and adolescents with obesity

Measure

Gender

Admission M (SD)

Discharge M (SD)

Paired-group t-test

BM (kg)

Females (n = 64)

99.0 (16.3)

94.7 (15.6)

t(63) = 16.84, p < .001

Males (n = 36)

114.0 (19.7)

107.9 (17.9)

t(35) = 14.14, p < .001

BMI SDS

Females (n = 64)

3.01 (0.46)

2.84 (0.48)

t(63) = 17.75, p < .001

Males (n = 35)

3.08 (0.52)

2.85 (0.52)

t(34) = 16.92, p < .001

Total fatigue

Females (n = 63)

23.5 (11.5)

15.6 (9.7)

t(62) = 6.41, p < .001

Males (n = 35)

18.4 (9.1)

13.4 (9.3)

t(34) = 4.31, p < .001

Sleep/rest fatigue

Females (n = 63)

8.56 (4.86)

6.73 (4.50)

t(62) = 2.97, p = .004

Males (n = 36)

6.94 (4.45)

5.81 (4.71)

t(35) = 2.10, p = .043

General fatigue

Females (n = 64)

7.94 (4.02)

5.00 (3.65)

t(63) = 5.76, p < .001

Males (n = 36)

6.28 (4.11)

4.06 (3.60)

t(35) = 4.70, p < .001

Cognitive fatigue

Females (n = 63)

6.70 (5.24)

4.43 (4.37)

t(62) = 3.85, p < .001

Males (n = 35)

5.91 (4.55)

4.40 (3.98)

t(34) = 2.21, p = .034

  1. BM = Body mass; BMI SDS = Body mass index standard deviation scores