Table 1.
General descriptive characteristics of the study participants (n = 604).
| Characteristics | Full Sample (n = 604) |
Female (n = 317) |
Male (n = 287) |
p-Value for Sex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropometrics, mean (SD) | ||||
| Age, years | 21.60 (2.17) | 21.16 (2.02) | 22.08 (2.57) | 0.007 |
| Body weight, kg | 63.19 (12.75) | 58.20 (12.45) | 68.70 (10.65) | <0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 22.56 (4.08) | 22.50 (4.73) | 22.63 (3.23) | 0.701 |
| Socioeconomic status, n (%) a | ||||
| Level I–II (low) | 378 (62.5) | 203 (64.0) | 175 (61.0) | 0.206 |
| Level III–IV (middle) | 211 (34.9) | 105 (33.1) | 105 (36.6) | |
| Level V–VI (high) | 16 (2.6) | 9 (2.8) | 7 (2.4) | |
| Living area, n (%) a | ||||
| Urban | 525 (86.9) | 277 (87.4) | 248 (86.4) | 0.724 |
| Rural | 79 (13.1) | 40 (12.6) | 39 (13.6) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) a | ||||
| Indigenous | 35 (5.8) | 21 (6.6) | 14 (4.9) | 0.408 |
| Black or “Afrodescented” | 64 (10.6) | 41 (12.9) | 23 (8.0) | |
| White | 87 (14.4) | 44 (13.9) | 43 (15.0) | |
| Mestizo | 208 (34.4) | 93 (29.3) | 115 (40.1) | |
| Others | 210 (34.8) | 118 (37.2) | 92 (32.1) | |
| KIDMED score (pre-test), n (%) a | ||||
| Poor (≤3) | 20 (6.3) | 9 (3.1) | 29 (4.8) | 0.358 |
| Average (4–7) | 112 (35.3) | 107 (37.3) | 219 (36.3) | |
| Good (≥8) | 185 (58.4) | 171 (59.6) | 356 (58.9) |
Data are reported as mean values (standard deviation, SD) or percentages a.