Tab. II.

Life Satisfaction (LS) and Self-Rated Health (SRH) based on age category, gender and weight status of the participants.

Variable	Weight Status	11 years old				13 years old				15 years old				Total
		Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls		Boys		Girls
		Mean	SD	Mean^b,c	SD	Mean	SD	Mean^b	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
LS	Underweight	7.86	1.80	8.25	1.80	8.08^a	1.27	7.08^a	2.00	7.04^a	1.85	6.50^a	2.38	7.68^a	1.70	7.29 a	2.19
	Normal weight	7.99	1.81	8.03	1.71	7.86^a	1.55	7.43^a	1.51	7.44^a	1.46	7.00^a	1.61	7.72^a	1.61	7.44 a	1.66
	Overweight+Obese	7.88	1.87	7.35	1.89	7.59^a	1.43	6.87^a	1.99	7.30^a	1.58	7.10^a	1.32	7.61^a	1.66	7.10 a	1.80
	Total	7.93	1.82	7.98	1.77	7.82^a	1.49	7.30^a	1.67	7.37^a	1.54	6.93^a	1.74	7.65^a	1.71	7.34 a	1.85
		Median ^b,c	IR	Median	IR	Median ^b,c	IR	Median ^b	IR	Median ^b	IR	Median ^b	IR	Median ^b,c	IR	Median ^bc	IR
SRH	Underweight	3.00	[3,4]	4.00	[3,4]	4.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]
	Normal weight	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3]	3.00^a	[3,4]	3.00^a	[3,4]
	Overweight+Obese	3.00	[3]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3]	3.00^a	[3]	3.00^a	[2,3]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,3.2]
	Total	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3]	3.00	[3,4]	3.00	[3,4]
^a Boys > Girls, <.001; ^b Overweight < Normal weight.001; ^c Overweight < Underweight.001.
Table II Shows how Life Satisfaction (LS) and Self-Reported Health (SRH) are related to the age, gender and weight status of adolescents.