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. 2017 Apr 26;9(6):520–524. doi: 10.14740/jocmr2987w

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of the Whole Cohort.

Baseline characteristics (N = 528)
Mean age (years) 15.58 (SD 1.801)
Male (%) 82.6
Female (%) 17.4
High school students (%) 46
Intermediate school students (%) 54
Attending governmental school (%) 86.9
Mean height (m) 1.62 (SD 0.11)
Mean weight (kg) 59.80 (SD 19.85)
Mean BMI (kg/m2) 22.37 (SD 6.006)
Mean waist circumference (cm) 79.77 (SD 14.85)
Socioeconomic status
  Live with both parents (%) 89.4
  Live in house they own (%) 58
  Both parents working (%) 27.3
  Lower level of education (father) (%) 47.1
  Lower level of education (mother) (%) 60.2
Sleeping habits
  Less than 6 h sleeping/night (%) 33.9
  More than 8 h sleeping/night (%) 23
Lifestyle habits
  Use electronic device daily (%) 79.9
  TV in the bed room (%) 46
  Eating and watch TV (%) 68.6
  Play video game on a daily basis (%) 28.8
Dietary habit
  Daily breakfast eating (%) 69.6
  Breakfast at home (%) 38.3
  Lunch with family (%) 87.8
  Dinner with family (%) 85.2
Eating fruit at least once daily (%) 20.2
  Eating fast food on a daily basis (%) 7
  Soft drinks at least once daily (%) 32.7
Physical activity
  Sedentary life style (%) 37.6
  Practicing sports more than 300 min/week (%) 17.1
Transportation
  Walking to and from the school daily (%) 28.8
Smoking
  Active (%) 5.9
  Passive (%) 46.3
ORK-10 scale
  Mean OKR-10 score (SD) 3.15 (SD 1.9)
  Aware (%) 25.4
  Unaware (%) 74.6
Do you consider obesity as a disease?
  Yes (%) 83.3
  No (%) 16.7