Table 2.
Hypothesis tests and descriptive statistics of anthropometric variables according to sexual maturation of school children aged 8–14 years from Florianópolis, South of Brazil, 2007
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Sexual maturation classification |
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Sexual maturation classification |
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| Variables | Early | Normal | Late | p § | p † | Early | Normal | Late | p § | p † |
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Males |
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Females |
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Median (p25; p75)* |
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Median (p25; p75)* |
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| BMI Z score |
0.67 (−0.13; 1.56) |
0.53 (−0.17; 1.41) |
0.26 (−0.37; 1.11) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.60 (0.01; 1.33) |
0.14 (−0.40; 0.84) |
−0.10 (−0.81; 0.54) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
| Height Z score |
0.44 (−0.23; 1.30) |
0.19 (−0.42; 0.90) |
0.02 (−0.61; 0.77) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.43 (−0.17; 1.07) |
0.03 (−0.46; 0.57) |
−0.22 (0.89; 0.61) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
| Weight Z score |
0.57 (−0.09: 1.44) |
0.39 (−0.19; 1.32) |
0.14 (−0.38; 1.01) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.46 (−0.31; 1.03) |
0.24 (−0.70; 0.66) |
−0.04 (−0.56; 0.49) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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% |
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% |
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| Excess body weight | 37.5 | 37.8 | 26.9 | 0.027 | <0.001 | 31.7 | 19.4 | 13.4 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
*p25 e p75: 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively;
§Mann–Whitney test (quantitative variables) and Rao-Scott test (qualitative variables).
†p for trend.