Table 1.
Anthropometric characteristic and mode of commuting to school in children aged 8–14 years old from Florianópolis, South of Brazil, 2007
|
Study variables |
Males (47.7%) |
Females (52.3%) |
p
§
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Median (p25 ; p75)* | |||
| Age (years) |
11 (10; 13) |
12 (10; 13) |
0.529 |
| BMI Z score |
0.51 (−0.22; 1.42) |
0.21 (−0.41; 0.96) |
<0.001 |
| Height Z score |
0.25 (−0.41; 0.99) |
0.11 (−0.52; 0.79) |
0.002 |
| Weight Z score |
0.38 (−0.20; 1.30) |
0.23 (−0.55; 0.69) |
0.004 |
| |
% |
|
|
| Excess body weight |
34.4 |
24.0 |
<0.001 |
| Sexual maturation classification |
|
|
0.937 |
| Early |
33.1 |
32.5 |
|
| Late |
32.2 |
32.7 |
|
| Maternal excess body weight |
31.0 |
33.4 |
0.313 |
| Birth weight (grams) |
|
|
<0.001 |
| < 2,500 |
5.8 |
8.3 |
|
| ≥ 4,000 |
14.4 |
8.1 |
|
| Active commuting to school |
43.6 |
45.0 |
0.558 |
| School type |
|
|
0.975 |
| Public |
65.4 |
65.5 |
|
| Private | 34.6 | 34.5 | |
*p25 e p75: 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively;
§Mann–Whitney test (quantitative variables) and Rao-Scott test (qualitative variables).