Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population in 2000, 2010 and 2017.
| Characteristics | Study Year |
p-Value (χ2 Test) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2010 | 2017 | ||
| n = 1019 | n = 982 | n = 1274 | ||
| Gender (%) | ||||
| Males | 45.9 ab | 32.7 b | 41.0 | <0.001 |
| Females | 54.1 | 67.3 | 59.0 | |
| Living situation (%) | ||||
| With parents | 57.0 ab | 43.5 | 38.1 | <0.001 |
| Apart from their parents | 43.0 | 56.5 | 61.9 | |
| Median (interquartile range) | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| Males | 19.0 (1.0) ab | 20.0 (0) | 20.0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Females | 19.0 (1.0) ab | 20.0 (0) | 20.0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Height (cm) | ||||
| Males | 180.0 (10.0) *ab | 183.0 (9.0) * | 183.0 (9.0) * | <0.001 |
| Females | 170.0 (11.1) ab | 168.0 (8.0) b | 169.0 (9.0) | <0.001 |
| Weight (kg) | ||||
| Males | 71.0 (14.0) *ab | 76.0 (14.0) * | 77.0 (15.0) * | <0.001 |
| Females | 60.0 (14.0) a | 58.0 (11.0) b | 60.0 (12.0) | <0.001 |
| BMI | ||||
| Males | 21.9 (3.2) *ab | 22,7 (3,2) * | 23.2 (3.7) * | <0.001 |
| Females | 20.8 (2.9) a | 20.3 (3,0) b | 20.9 (3.4) | <0.001 |
* p < 0.001 compared with female students; a p < 0.05 compared with 2010 study year, b p < 0.05 compared with 2017 study year (z-test with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons).