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. 2025 Jun 2;13:e19353. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19353

Table 2. Schoolbags’ parameters in the groups taking age division into account.

Parameters Ia (n = 49) Ib (n = 48) Ic (n = 33) II (n = 105) K-W Post hoc 1
X ±  SD
(Range)
X ±  SD
(Range)
X ±  SD
(Range)
X ±  SD
(Range)
Weight (kg) 3.78 ± 1.39
(1.60–7.60)
3.64 ± 1.09
(1.60–5.50)
3.92 ± 1.28
(1.50–6.60)
3.74 ± 1.38
(1.60–8.00)
1.22
% SW vs. BW 17.14 ± 7.02
(7.14–38.19)
11.15 ± 3.45
(5.31–19.57)
10.19 ± 3.96
(3.52–20.96)
14.27 ± 5.61
(6.20–28.57)
35.31 <0.001 {Ia/Ib; Ib/Ic; Ib/II; Ic/II}
%↑ GIS norm 5.94 ± 6.02
(0.17–23.19)
2.27 ± 1.94
(0.11–4.57)
3.82 ± 2.53
(1.02–5.96)
5.51 ± 3.57
(0.19–13.57)
3.99

Notes.

Abbreviations

Ia
group with underweight
Ib
group with overweight
Ic
group with obesity
II
group with healthly weight
%SW vs. BW
% schoolbags weight vs. body weight %
↑ GIS norm
% above the GIS norm (Polish abbreviation - Chief Sanitary Inspectorate)
X
average
SD
standard deviation
K-W
Kruskal–Wallis test
1

ANOVA Tukey’a post-hoc.