Table 2.
Anthropometric measurements and BMI categories by gender
| Outcome measure | Males [n = 590 (49.8%)] | Females [n = 595 (50.2%)] | Total [N = 1185)] | p-value | |||
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| Mean | ±SD | Mean | ±SD | Mean | ±SD | ||
| Age (years) | 13.79 | 0.99 | 13.62 | 1.00 | 13.71 | 0.99 | 0.004* |
| Weight (kg) | 42.59 | 11.39 | 41.32 | 8.87 | 41.95 | 10.22 | 0.033* |
| Height (cm) | 155.98 | 10.63 | 152.56 | 6.98 | 154.26 | 9.14 | <0.001* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 17.25 | 3.10 | 17.64 | 3.00 | 17.45 | 3.05 | 0.032* |
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| BMI Categories | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
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| Normal | 483 | 81.9 | 500 | 84.0 | 983 | 83 | 0.437 |
| Overweight | 65 | 11.0 | 63 | 10.6 | 128 | 10.8 | |
| Obese | 42 | 7.1 | 32 | 5.4 | 74 | 6.2 | |
Student’s t-test and Chi-square (X2) test was used for statistical analyses.
*
Statistically significant (p < 0.05).