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. 2024 Mar 20;25:196. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08046-4

Table 2.

Outcome assessment

Variables Measuring methods Baseline (2022.9) 3 months after baseline (2022.12) 9 months after baseline (2023.6) 24 months after baseline (2024.9) 36 months after baseline (2025.9)
Anthropometric measures
 Height Stadiometer
 Weight Lever scale
 Waist circumference Tape
 Hip circumference Tape
 Blood pressures Digital sphygmomanometer
 Body composition Inbody770 (Biospace, USA)
Blood measures
 Fasting glucose Follow clinical standard protocols
 Fasting insulin
 Triacylglycerol
 Total cholesterol
 Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
 High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
 Alanine aminotransferase
Liver ultrasound measures
 Liver stiffness measurement FibroScan HANDY (Echosense, France)
 Controlled attenuation parameters FibroScan HANDY (Echosense, France)
Physical fitness measure
 20-m shuttle-run test Conducted by trained physical health teacher
Behavioural measures
 Students’ eating behaviour Dietary quality questionnaire (DQQ) [20]
 Students’ physical activity behaviour Self-designed questionnaire [18]
 Psychological status Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D Scale) [21] and Social Anxiety Scale for children (SASC) [22]
 Sleep quality Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) [23]