Table 2.

Body composition measures attending to gender and level of adherence to the MD in both boys and girls.

Variable	Gender	Low	Mid	High	p-Value Gender	${\mathit{\eta }}_{\mathit{p}}^2$ Gender	p-Value Adherence to MD	${\mathit{\eta }}_{\mathit{p}}^2$ Adherence to MD	p-Value Gender· Adherence to MD	${\mathit{\eta }}_{\mathit{p}}^2$ Gender· Adherence to MD
Height (m)	Boys	1.75 ± 0.09	1.74 ± 0.10	1.73 ± 0.10	<0.001 *	0.996	0.156	0.009	0.268	0.006
	Girls	1.65 ± 0.07	1.67 ± 0.06	1.63 ± 0.09
Weight (kg)	Boys	67.47 ± 14.82	64.55 ± 14.40	67.67 ± 18.31	<0.001 *	0.042	0.896	0.001	0.154	0.009
	Girls	58.15 ± 9.51	60.89 ± 13.15	59.82 ± 14.60
BMI (m/kg2)	Boys	21.83 ± 3.90	21.21 ± 3.54	22.44 ± 5.13	0.906	<0.001	0.305	0.006	0.397	0.005
	Girls	21.31 ± 3.52	21.84 ± 4.16	22.51 ± 4.81
Fat (%)	Boys	14.37 ± 5.94	14.16 ± 5.97	15.53 ± 8.23	<0.001 *	0.310	0.582	0.003	0.600	0.003
	Girls	24.53 ± 5.79	25.61 ± 7.36	25.49 ± 8.46
Waist (cm)	Boys	77.94 ± 8.93	77.19 ± 9.01	79.18 ± 12.73	<0.001 *	0.084	0.944	0.001	0.519	0.003
	Girls	70.84 ± 7.87	72.04 ± 8.82	71.42 ± 10.78

Data expressed mean ± SD * Significant difference for a factor; statistical significance at p < 0.05.