Table 3. Gender-specific multivariate analysis of the relationships between breakfast consumption status and body composition profiles in male and female adolescents1.
| ≥5 times a week | <5 times a week | P-trend | |
| Mean±SE | |||
| Boys | |||
| n | 64 | 40 | |
| Body weight (kg) | 50.0±1.5 | 56.4±1.9 | 0.010 |
| Height (m) | 1.59±0.01 | 1.59±0.01 | 0.990 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 19.5±0.5 | 21.8±0.6 | 0.004 |
| BMI z-score | −0.19±0.15 | 0.40±0.19 | 0.021 |
| WC (cm) | 66.3±1.3 | 70.6±1.6 | 0.006 |
| WHR | 0.79±0.01 | 0.80±0.01 | 0.256 |
| TBF (kg) | 7.8±1.0 | 13.1±1.3 | 0.002 |
| BF (%) | 15.1±1.2 | 20.4±1.5 | 0.006 |
| Girls | |||
| n | 69 | 63 | |
| Body weight (kg) | 46.3±1.5 | 51.0±1.6 | 0.039 |
| Height (m) | 1.52±0.01 | 1.54±0.01 | 0.261 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 19.8±0.6 | 21.5±0.6 | 0.032 |
| BMI z-score | −0.39±0.17 | 0.21±0.18 | 0.017 |
| WC (cm) | 62.8±1.2 | 67.6±1.3 | 0.008 |
| WHR | 0.73±0.01 | 0.75±0.01 | 0.155 |
| TBF (kg) | 14.9±1.0 | 17.9±1.1 | 0.048 |
| BF (%) | 30.4±0.9 | 33.0±1.0 | 0.045 |
1
adjusted for age (years), household income (RM), pubertal growth status, eating out status (times/week), snacking practices (times/day), daily energy intakes and daily physical activity levels (hours/day).