Table 3.
Frequency distributions of demographic characteristics of participants and their parents
| |
Obese |
Normal-weight |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | ||
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
0.03* |
| Girl |
20 |
-- |
64 |
-- |
|
| Boy |
40 |
-- |
63 |
-- |
|
| Age (years) |
60 |
10.5 (1.3) |
127 |
10.8 (1.2) |
0.17 |
| Height (cm) |
60 |
145.1 (9.8) |
127 |
144.2 (9.6) |
0.54 |
| Weight (kg) |
60 |
53.7 (9.6) |
127 |
37.7 (7.1) |
< 0.01* |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
60 |
25.3 (2.1) |
127 |
17.9 (1.5) |
< 0.01* |
| Ratera |
|
|
|
|
0.20 |
| Mother |
31 |
-- |
78 |
-- |
|
| Father |
28 |
-- |
40 |
-- |
|
| Other |
0 |
-- |
7 |
-- |
|
| Father’s age (years) |
51 |
43.7 (5.8) |
95 |
41.9 (7.2) |
0.13 |
| Mother’s age (years) |
49 |
39.5 (5.7) |
98 |
39.8 (5.5) |
0.72 |
| Father’s education |
|
|
|
|
0.61 |
| ≤ K-12 |
32 |
-- |
62 |
-- |
|
| > 12 years |
19 |
-- |
44 |
-- |
|
| Mother’s education |
|
|
|
|
0.81 |
| ≤ K-12 |
28 |
-- |
61 |
-- |
|
| > 12 years |
21 |
-- |
42 |
-- |
|
| Father’s BMI |
49 |
26.1 (3.9) |
87 |
24.4 (2.8) |
0.01* |
| Mother’s BMI |
46 |
22.5 (3.8) |
92 |
21.2 (2.6) |
0.02* |
| Family income (US$/month) |
|
|
|
0.65 |
|
| ≤ 699 |
8 |
-- |
13 |
-- |
|
| 700-1699 |
20 |
-- |
37 |
-- |
|
| ≥ 1700 | 22 | -- | 45 | -- | |
BMI body mass index.
*p < 0.05.
aThe raters of parent-reported PedsQL, and the cells of “father” and “other” were combined in the χ2 test because two cells (33.3%) had less than the expected count of 5.