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. 2020 Mar 7;5:8. doi: 10.1186/s41256-020-00138-3

Table 1.

Descriptive statistic for all study variables

Boy (n = 987) Girl (n = 831)
Mean (SD)
Non-overweight(n = 742)
Mean (SD)
Overweight or Obese (n = 245)
T-Value P-Value* Mean (SD)
Non-overweight (n = 745)
Mean (SD)
Overweight or Obese (n = 86)
T-value P-Value*
Age 16.5 ± 1.0 16.5 ± 0.9 0.779 0.436 16.4 ± 1.0 16.4 ± 0.9 −0.038 0.969
BMI 20.2 ± 2.0 26.6 ± 2.7 −33.572 0.000 19.9 ± 1.8 26.0 ± 2.1 −25.508 0.000
Stigma-total 9.2 ± 7.1 19.4 ± 10.7 −13.913 0.000 12.8 ± 9.1 22.0 ± 10.9 −7.540 0.000
Cognitive restraint 11.2 ± 4.2 12.8 ± 3.8 −5.774 0.000 12.6 ± 3.8 12.7 ± 3.8 −0.353 0.724
Uncontrolled eating 18.0 ± 5.4 19.3 ± 6.1 −3.105 0.002 20.3 ± 5.3 20.7 ± 5.2 −0.724 0.469
Emotional eating 5.3 ± 2.4 6.0 ± 2.8 −3.668 0.000 6.4 ± 2.6 6.1 ± 2.7 1.004 0.316
Stress 19.9 ± 7.0 19.3 ± 6.8 1.363 0.173 20.9 ± 6.6 20.2 ± 7.5 0.930 0.353

*T-Test analysis of group differences between non-overweight and overweight or obese participants in boys and girls, respectively