Table 1.
Social demographics characteristics of the study participants: retention vs. dropout girls. São Paulo, Brazil, 2017.
| Total | Retention | Dropout | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [mean (se)] | 15.61 (0.05) | 15.64 (0.07) | 15.58 (0.08) | 0.604 |
| Weight [mean (se)] | 57.85 (0.76) | 57.45 (0.90) | 58.40 (1.33) | 0.544 |
| Height [mean (se)] | 1.61 (0.00) | 1.60 (0.00) | 1.61 (0.00) | 0.348 |
| Waist circumference [mean (se)] | 73.97 (0.67) | 73.82 (0.81) | 74.16 (1.16) | 0.808 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 22.23 (0.25) | 22.16 (0.30) | 22.31 (0.43) | 0.769 |
| Weight status [n (%)] | ||||
| Underweight | 7 (2.8) | 3 (2.1) | 4 (3.7) | 0.826 |
| Normal weight | 178 (70.4) | 104 (71.7) | 74 (68.5) | |
| Overweight | 47 (18.6) | 27 (18.2) | 20 (18.3) | |
| Obesity | 21 (8.3) | 11 (7.4) | 10 (9.3) | |
| Ethnicity [n (%)] | ||||
| White/Caucasian | 135 (52.5) | 73 (52.5) | 62 (59.6) | 0.498 |
| Brown | 64 (24.9) | 42 (30.2) | 22 (21.2) | |
| African descendent | 33 (12.8) | 17 (12.2) | 16 (15.4) | |
| Asian | 7 (2.7) | 4 (2.9) | 3 (2.9) | |
| Native | 2 (0.8) | 2 (1.4) | – | |
| Other | 2 (0.8) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.0) | |
| Parents' level of education [n (%)] | ||||
| High school or less | 133 (54.7) | 78 (56.1) | 55 (52.9) | 0.921 |
| Technical school | 29 (11.9) | 16 (11.5) | 13 (12.5) | |
| College education | 50 (20.6) | 29 (20.9) | 21 (20.2) | |
| Post graduate study | 19 (7.8) | 9 (6.5) | 10 (9.6) | |
| Don't know | 12 (4.9) | 7 (5.0) | 5 (4.8) |