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. 2017 Aug 9;7(8):e015776. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015776

Table 2.

Unadjusted Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory total generic scaled scores, as well as psychosocial and physical scaled scores (out of 100) for Whānau Pakari participants aged 9–12 years, compared with children and adolescents of two reference populations with a matching age range14 16

Whānau Pakari Normal weight Obese
Location Taranaki, New Zealand Victoria, Australia Victoria, Australia
Source This study Williams et al 16 Williams et al 16
n 91 1099 63
Age range (years) 9–12  9–12  9–12 
Child
 Total generic scaled score 69.0±15.9 (65.7 to 72.3)‡ 80.5±12.2*** 74.0±14.2*
 Psychosocial scaled score 65.8±18.4 (61.9 to 69.6)† 77.7±14.1*** 72.1±14.1*
 Physical scaled score 74.9±15.7 (71.6 to 78.2)‡ 85.7±12.4*** 77.5±17.9
Parent
 Total generic scaled score 63.4±14.0 (60.5 to 66.3) 83.1±12.5*** 75.0±14.5***
 Psychosocial scaled score 61.5±15.1 (58.4 to 64.7) 77.6±14.5*** 73.9±15.3***
 Physical scaled score 66.7±17.7 (63.0 to 70.3) 87.8±14.3*** 76.3±17.6**

*p<0.05, **p<0.01 and ***p<0.001 for comparison with Whānau Pakari

†p<0.05 and ‡p<0.001 for a difference between child and parental scores

Whānau Pakari data are mean±SD (95% CI of the mean), while other data are mean ± SD.