Table 2.
Caregiver-reported PedsQL scores stratified by obesity
| PedsQL Scores | DS | Non-DS | p-value of group-obese interaction * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obese N=63 |
Not Obese N=87 |
p-value | Obese N=24 |
Not Obese N=34 |
p-value | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
| Physical Functioning | 68.3 (18.5) | 73.2 (21.4) | 0.14 | 78.9 (18.8) | 89.7 (19.7) | 0.003 | 0.09 |
| Emotional | 73.3 (16.0) | 76.0 (14.9) | 0.29 | 75.6 (19.5) | 77.2 (25.1) | 0.47 | 0.96 |
| Social | 60.7 (20.9) | 63.3 (19.2) | 0.43 | 80.4 (16.4) | 85.0 (22.3) | 0.11 | 0.49 |
| School | 61.5 (18.2) | 64.0 (17.2) | 0.40 | 75.6 (18.5) | 80.0 (24.0) | 0.18 | 0.38 |
| Psychosocial | 65.1 (14.3) | 67.8 (13.8) | 0.27 | 77.2 (15.4) | 80.7 (22.4) | 0.17 | 0.51 |
| Total Score | 66.2 (13.2) | 69.6 (14.2) | 0.13 | 77.8 (14.0) | 83.9 (21.0) | 0.03 | 0.21 |
*
: test whether the effect of obesity on the scores is different between the DS and controls using linear regression.