Table 2.
Paired comparisons of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) for the healthy weight group vs. obese group, median (IQR)
| |
Healthy weight group |
Obese group |
95% CI |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n = 98 | n = 98 | ||
| Self-report |
Median (IQR) |
Median (IQR) |
|
|
| Physical score |
90.6 (18.7) |
87.5 (31.2) |
1.5, 9.4 |
0.007 |
| Psychosocial score |
88.3 (18.3) |
85.0 (20.4) |
−1.6, 7.5 |
0.224 |
| Total score |
88.0 (17.7) |
84.8 (25.0) |
−0.5, 7.1 |
0.087 |
| Parent-proxy report |
|
|
|
|
| Physical score |
86.0 (40.6) |
81.3 (31.3) |
−4.7, 6.3 |
0.756 |
| Psychosocial score |
76.7 (25.0) |
76.7 (28.3) |
−3.4, 5.8 |
0.773 |
| Total score | 79.3 (31.5) | 78.8 (24.5) | −2.8, 6.0 | 0.550 |
Median (IQR) ages of healthy weight and obese groups were both 12.4y (2.1). Median (IQR) BMI Z scores were 0.1 (1.1) for the healthy weight group, and 2.1 (0.4) for the obese group.