Table 1.

Study sample characteristics.

Children	Q1 (N=237)	Q2 (N=55)	BMI data (N=216)	P1	P2
	%	%	%
Sex
Male	53.3	57.9	52.5	0.10	0.11
Female	46.7	42.1	47.5
Age
3-5 years	58.7	39.0	57.5	<0.01	0.10
6-10 years	41.3	61.0	42.4
Maternal education level
Incomplete high school	22.1	23.7	20.4	0.99	0.12
High school	14.7	15.8	15.9
Technical education	10.2	10.5	10.2
University degree	52.8	50.0	53.4
School type
Public	50.2	21.8	62.2	<0.01	0.12
Private	49.8	78.2	37.8
BMI (median, 25th-75th percentile)			16.6 (15.4-19.1)
Adolescents	Q1 (N=258)	Q2 (N=106)	BMI data (N=243)	P1	P2
	%	%	%
Sex
Male	50.0	39.4	48.5	0.64	0.99
Female	50.0	60.6	51.5
Age
11-14 years	51.9	46.2	52.8	0.11	0.98
15-18 years	48.1	53.8	47.2
Maternal education level
Incomplete high school	22.6	15.8	22.2	0.42	0.99
High school	25.0	23.7	25.5
Techinical education	12.3	15.8	12.3
University degree	40.1	44.7	40.1
School type
Public	52.7	37.2	48.6	<0.01	0.95
Private	47.3	62.8	51.4
BMI (median, 25th-75th percentile)			21.1 (19.2-23.5)

Significant value was set in p < 0.05.; BMI: Body mass index; Q1: Questionnaire first application; Q2: Questionnaire second application; P1: Proportion comparisons between Q1 and Q2 sample distributions; P2: Proportion comparisons between Q1 and participants with BMI data sample distributions.