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. 2017 Jun 16;7:141–157. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.05.010

Table 3.

Social health inequalities according to FAS score among adolescents eligible for PRALIMAP-INES (N = 2, 113).a

Highly less advantaged
Less advantaged
Intermediate
Advantaged
Highly advantaged
Pf
72 (3.4%)
397 (18.8%)
871 (41.2%)
640 (30.3%)
133 (6.3%)
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
BMI: Body mass index (kg/m2) 26.94 4.90 26.19 4.55 25.57 3.68 25.30 3.54 24.79 3.26 <0.0001
BMI Z-score 1.62 0.92 1.51 0.85 1.44 0.75 1.39 0.73 1.31 0.65 0.005
Obesity (IOTF classification)b, (%) 0.001
 Yes 26.4 16.9 18.0 14.7 6.8
Waist circumference (cm) 88.37 12.04 86.51 11.99 85.31 10.12 84.91 10.06 82.94 9.80 0.002
High waist circumference (McCarthy classification), (%) 0.09
 Yes 83.3 83.3 80.8 80.2 70.7
Waist-to-Height ratio (WHtR)c 0.53 0.07 0.52 0.07 0.51 0.06 0.51 0.06 0.49 0.06 <0.0001
High WHtR (>0.5), % <0.0001
 Yes 58.3 55.4 47.9 45.3 37.6
High risk of eating disorders (EAT-26 scale), (%) 0.13
 Yes 29.9 26.7 24.7 24.6 27.1
Anxiety risk (HAD scale), (%) 0.80
 No risk 62.5 58.7 59.8 61.4 58.6
 Low risk 16.7 22.9 21.0 18.8 21.8
 Moderate risk 18.1 13.4 14.6 15.0 13.5
 High risk 2.8 5.0 4.6 4.8 6.0
Depression risk (HAD scale), (%) <0.0001
 No risk 73.6 78.6 83.1 86.1 87.2
 Low risk 15.3 14.6 12.4 10.9 6.8
 Moderate risk 11.1 6.3 4.1 2.7 6.0
 High risk 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0
Perceived general health (very good or excellent), (%) <0.0001
 Yes 26.8 33.8 37.1 42.7 47.0
Quality of life (KIDSCREEN score) 46.39 11.22 47.59 11.71 48.03 11.85 49.64 12.18 50.52 12.67 0.003
Frequency of food consumption (number of times per week)
Fruits and vegetables 18.02 11.62 21.34 11.08 22.86 11.36 24.57 11.73 27.31 11.74 <0.0001
Meats, eggs and fishes 12.79 7.50 13.11 6.42 12.86 6.07 13.04 5.95 13.49 6.41 0.94
Sugary foods 20.27 14.02 18.43 13.42 17.23 12.83 16.26 11.67 16.86 11.42 0.01
Dairy products 13.78 8.04 13.66 6.64 14.10 6.76 14.90 6.77 14.58 7.16 0.05
Starchy foods 11.95 6.41 11.23 6.16 10.74 6.02 10.50 5.67 11.26 5.77 0.07
Physical activity guidelines followed, (%)
 PNNS guidelinesd 71.9 76.0 77.5 82.8 85.0 0.0003
 WHO guidelinese 20.3 19.7 27.1 28.5 37.0 <0.0001
Leisure-time sport practice, (%) <0.0001
 Yes 47.2 49.0 53.3 60.3 72.2
Sitting time duration (min/day)
 School days 646.47 376.92 700.45 342.81 698.78 350.10 697.79 335.05 704.35 314.90 0.60
 Week-end 413.68 383.79 423.21 345.76 433.92 343.89 447.84 355.03 458.25 328.15 0.34
Smoking status, (%) 0.90
 No smoker 61.1 62.5 65.0 61.0 61.7
 Experimenter 9.7 15.9 13.1 16.0 18.0
 Occasional smoker 6.9 5.8 4.8 6.1 4.5
 Daily smoker 22.2 15.9 17.1 16.9 15.8
Frequency of alcohol consumption, (%) <0.0001
 Never 56.5 52.2 43.6 40.2 30.8
 Scarce consumption 33.3 36.4 40.7 39.2 52.3
 Monthly consumption 4.3 5.3 8.5 13.2 9.2
 Weekly consumption 5.8 5.0 6.9 7.5 6.2
 Daily consumption 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 1.5
a

Adolescents eligible who filled the questionnaire and participated to the medical visit Social classes: [0–2] Highly less advantaged; [3–4] less advantaged, [5–6] Intermediate, [7–8] Advantaged and [9] Highly advantaged.

b

International Obesity Task Force.

c

WHtR = waist circumference/height.

d

At least one hours per day of moderate to vigorous PA.

e

At least one per day of moderate to vigorous PA and at least 3 days of vigorous PA per week.

f

P-value for linear trend test.