Table 1.
Anthropometric characteristics by parental marital status, presented as mean and SD, for all children and boys and girls separately
| Married | Never-married | Divorced | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| All children | n=2004 | n=903 | n=230 | ||
| p Value* | p Value† | ||||
| Height (cm) | 131.8 (6.0) | 131.7 (5.6) | 0.48 | 132.5 (6.4) | 0.39 |
| Weight (kg) | 29.4 (5.7) | 29.4 (5.2) | 0.76 | 30.8 (6.5) | 0.02 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.8 (2.4) | 16.9 (2.2) | 0.96 | 17.4 (2.8) | 0.03 |
| Waist (cm) | 58.3 (6.1) | 58.4 (5.7) | 0.48 | 60.3 (7.6) | <0.01 |
| WHtR | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.48 | 0.46 (0.05) | 0.02 |
| Boys | n=1017 | n=470 | n=121 | ||
| p Value* | p Value† | ||||
| Height (cm) | 132.4 (5.9) | 131.9 (5.6) | 0.16 | 133.8 (6.3) | 0.12 |
| Weight (kg) | 29.6 (5.8) | 29.2 (5.1) | 0.17 | 31.7 (6.8) | 0.04 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.8 (2.5) | 16.7 (2.2) | 0.59 | 17.6 (2.9) | 0.12 |
| Waist (cm) | 58.8 (6.2) | 58.4 (5.5) | 0.18 | 61.4 (8.0) | 0.03 |
| WHtR | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.49 | 0.46 (0.05) | 0.08 |
| Girls | n=987 | n=433 | n=109 | ||
| p Value* | p Value† | ||||
| Height (cm) | 131.1 (6.0) | 131.4 (5.5) | 0.71 | 131.1 (6.1) | 0.75 |
| Weight (kg) | 29.1 (5.6) | 29.5 (5.3) | 0.56 | 29.9 (6.2) | 0.47 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.8 (2.3) | 17.0 (2.2) | 0.51 | 17.3 (2.6) | 0.37 |
| Waist (cm) | 57.7 (5.9) | 58.5 (5.8) | 0.21 | 59.2 (6.9) | 0.19 |
| WHtR | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.44 (0.04) | 0.17 | 0.45 (0.05) | 0.17 |
*p Value for differences between married and never married.
†p Value for differences between married and divorced.
BMI, body mass index; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.