Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample.
| Study Sample (N = 2508) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Adolescents (n = 1413) | Young Adults (n = 1095) | p | Males (n = 1072) | Females (n = 1436) | p |
| gender, Male n (%) | 621 (43.9) | 451 (41.2) | 0.167 a | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| age (M ± SD) | 16.3 ± 0.7 | 18.6 ± 0.6 | N/A | 17.3 ± 1.3 | 17.3 ± 1.3 | 0.167 b |
| Weight (kg) | 63.3 ± 13.6 | 66.6 ± 14.5 | N/A | 71.4 ± 14.7 | 59.8 ± 11.3 | N/A |
| Height (cm) | 171.2 ± 9.3 | 171.9 ± 9.5 | N/A | 178.6 ± 7.7 | 166.2 ± 6.5 | N/A |
| BMI categories 1, n (%) | ||||||
| underweight | 89 (6.3) | 40 (3.7) | <0.001 c | 55 (5.1) | 74 (5.2) | <0.001 c |
| normal weight | 1146 (81.1) | 856 (78.2) | 817 (76.2) | 1185 (82.5) | ||
| overweigth/obese ** | 123 (8.7) | 131 (11.9) | 142 (13.3) | 112 (7.8) | ||
| obese | 55 (3.9) | 68 (6.2) | 58 (5.4) | 65 (4.5) | ||
Notes. 1 BMI categories base on BMI %ile for 2–19 yr, and on BMI score for ≥20 yr, ** ‘overweight/obese’ terminology based on: Barlow SE and the Expert Committee 2007, a Fisher’s exact test for association between gender and age-groups, b Independent Samples T-Test for differences between males and females, c Pearson’s chi-square test for association between gender/age-groups and BMI categories, N/A statistical analysis is not applicable.