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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 Jul 24;189:98–104.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.06.073

Table 3.

Parent IWQOL-Kids scores by DS and obese status

IWQOL-Kids Scores Down Syndrome Control p-value of group-obese interaction *
Obese (N=63)
Mean (SD)
Not Obese (N=87)
Mean (SD)
p-value Obese (N=24)
Mean (SD)
Not Obese (N=34)
Mean (SD)
p-value
Physical Comfort 83.3 (18.6) 97.1 (7.5) < 0.0001 86.0 (16.6) 98.2 (7.9) 0.004 0 .45
Body Esteem 91.4 (11.1) 98.0 (5.4) < 0.0001 73.9 (25.7) 93.9 (12.8) 0.002 0.003
Social Life 89.7 (17.6) 98.4 (5.9) 0.0003 80.7 (21.0) 95.0 (14.0) 0.011 0 .31
Family Relationships 93.8 (13.5) 98.6 (5.3) 0.009 93.2 (11.2) 97.5 (8.9) 0.20 0 .66
Total 89.8 (11.7) 98.0 (5.1) < 0.0001 82.4 (16.7) 95.9 (10.5) 0.002 0 .24
*

: test whether the effect of obesity on the scores is different between the DS and controls.