Table 2.
Background information about pupils and parents/caregivers participating in the ProMeal-study between October 2013 and May 2014 in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
| Finland (n=187) | Iceland (n=221) | Norway (n=144) | Sweden (n=161) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Pa | |
| Age (years)a | 10.7 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 10.5 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 0.3 | <0.001 |
| Body weight (kg)b | 39.2 | 8.5 | 38.9 | 8.1 | 37.2 | 6.6 | 37.9 | 7.2 | 0.022 |
| Height (cm)c | 145 | 6.8 | 146 | 6.8 | 145 | 6.9 | 145 | 6.5 | 0.463 |
| BMI (kg/m2)d | 18.5 | 3.2 | 18.3 | 2.8 | 17.7 | 2.2 | 17.9 | 2.6 | 0.016 |
| % | % | % | % | ||||||
| Sex, girlse | 52.0 | 49.0 | 56.0 | 51.0 | 0.472 | ||||
| Non-native pupils | 2.0 | 7.0 | – | 5.0 | 0.028 | ||||
| Child live with both parents all the time | 62.0 | 89.0 | – | 90.0 | <0.001 | ||||
| Education parent 1f | |||||||||
| ≥10–12 y | 38.5 | 32.0 | 27.0 | 34.0 | |||||
| University degree | 53.5 | 58.0 | 73.0 | 64.0 | <0.001 | ||||
| Other/none | 8.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | |||||
| Employed parent one (or other occupation)f | 89.0 | 87.0 | – | 91.0 | 0.488 | ||||
| Body mass index classification | |||||||||
| Overweight | 16.5 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 0.010 | ||||
| Obesity | 6.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | |||||
| Child has a diet-related disease | 13.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 0.067 | ||||
| Child has other chronic disease | 17.0 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 0.123 | ||||
| Parents who estimate the child's health as goodg | 98.0 | 94.0 | – | 89.0 | 0.002 | ||||
The difference between the groups were compared with a Chi-Square test on categorical variables (the Fishers exact test was used for the variables in which the parents rate the child's health and BMI classification). One-way between-groups ANOVA with post-hoc tests was used to compare means of continuous variables. (In the present table, only P-values from the ANOVA are presented. P-values from post-hoc tests are presented in the text.)
Finland n=206, Iceland n=224, Norway n=208, and Sweden n=190.
Finland n=200, Iceland n=224, Norway n=209, and Sweden n=179.
Finland n=200, Iceland n=224, Norway n=210, and Sweden n=179.
Body mass index: Finland n=200, Iceland n=224, Norway n=209, and Sweden n=1,879.
Finland n=206, Iceland n=224, Norway n=210, and Sweden n=197.
Education degree and employment for the parent who filled out the questionnaire.
Parents were asked to rate their child's health on a visual analogue scale, 1–10. In the present paper, 8–10 on the VAS scale is defined as good health.
Bold P-values indicate a statistically significant difference between countries.