TABLE 1.
Characteristics of KiESEL toddlers and preschoolers1.
| Toddlers (1–2 years; n = 354) |
Preschoolers (3–5 years; n = 536) |
|
| Sex (n, %) | ||
| Male | 175 (51.6) | 279 (51.4) |
| Female | 179 (48.4) | 257 (48.6) |
| Anthropometric measurements (mean ± SD) | ||
| Body weight (kg) | 12.2 ± 2.1 | 18.6 ± 3.6 |
| Body height (cm) | 85.7 ± 7.0 | 107.9 ± 8.8 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.5 ± 1.6 | 15.8 ± 1.6 |
| Socioeconomic status (n, %)2 | ||
| Low | 19 (14.3) | 34 (12.4) |
| Medium | 205 (61.0) | 330 (65.7) |
| High | 130 (24.6) | 169 (21.9) |
| Region (n, %)3 | ||
| North | 50 (16.1) | 61 (16.2) |
| East | 129 (19.2) | 171 (19.2) |
| South | 93 (29.3) | 164 (29.2) |
| West | 82 (35.4) | 140 (35.4) |
1Weighted data (n unweighted). The age group toddlers refers to children aged ≥1 to ≤2 years and the age group preschoolers refers to children aged ≥3 to ≤5 years, but also includes 62 children of 6 years of age.
2Data on SES were missing for n = 3 children.
3Federal states were assigned as follows. North: Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen; East: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia; South: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria; West: North Rhine-Westphalia, Hessia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland.