Table 8.
Kruskal-Wallis test and descriptive statistics for social-emotional skills according to BMI for the sample of boys.
| Kruskal-Wallis Test | Classification | Descriptive Statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | df | p | BMI | Mean (SD) | Range | Me | G1 | G2 | |
| EC | 6.014 | 4 | 0.096 | Malnutrition | 25.16 (4.69) | 146.63 | 25 | −1.354 | 1.808 |
| Moderate malnutrition | 26.69 (2.31) | 156.64 | 28 | −2.040 | 5.638 | ||||
| Normal weight | 26.07 (4.26) | 181.58 | 28 | −1.886 | 4.437 | ||||
| Overweight | 26.32 (3.29) | 177.16 | 27 | −1.366 | 1.922 | ||||
| Obesity | 27.16 (2.29) | 197.09 | 28 | −0.357 | −1.301 | ||||
| SR | 5.336 | 4 | 0.022 | Malnutrition | 19.69 (2.82) | 143.33 | 20 | −1.077 | 1.747 |
| Moderate malnutrition | 20.32 (3.66) | 165.37 | 20 | −0.939 | 2.181 | ||||
| Normal weight | 20.60 (3.14) | 184.40 | 21 | −1.269 | 3.118 | ||||
| Overweight | 20.91 (2.23) | 180.01 | 21 | 0.368 | −0.720 | ||||
| Obesity | 20.84 (2.01) | 179.17 | 21 | 0.179 | −2.282 | ||||
| SUM | 5.594 | 4 | 0.051 | Malnutrition | 45.03 (6.05) | 142.97 | 45 | −1.314 | 2.831 |
| Moderate malnutrition | 45.47 (7.99) | 163.29 | 45 | −1.031 | −1.576 | ||||
| Normal weight | 46.67 (6.81) | 183.15 | 49 | −1.845 | 4.751 | ||||
| Overweight | 47.23 (4.44) | 178.15 | 47 | −0.587 | 0.241 | ||||
| Obesity | 48.00 (3.59) | 188.49 | 48 | −0.006 | −0.936 | ||||
| ME | 27.708 | 4 | 0.000 * | Malnutrition | 13.87 (1.86) | 195.04 | 15 | −1.953 | 3.737 |
| Moderate malnutrition | 13.82 (1.65) | 189.23 | 15 | −1.495 | 2.052 | ||||
| Normal weight | 13.16 (1.98) | 159.67 | 14 | −0.790 | −0.303 | ||||
| Overweight | 11.87 (2.33) | 110.12 | 12 | −0.383 | −0.278 | ||||
| Obesity | 12.00 (1.36) | 102.38 | 12 | 0.166 | −0.082 | ||||
* Asterisks indicate significant differences between some groups. EC = emotional control, SR = social relationships, SUM = total score on the physical-motor factor, H = Kruskal-Wallis H test. SD = standard deviation, Me = median, G1 = skewness, and G2 = kurtosis.