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. 2022 May 5;22:249. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03317-y

Table 1.

Anthropometric variables according to body weight category

Normal Weight (n = 16) Overweight (n = 15) Obesity (n = 18) Pa
x (SD) x (SD) x (SD)
Weight (kg) 27.79 (5.1) 36.75 (10.0) 49.33 (11.0)  < 0.001
Height (cm) 130.14 (10.0) 134.98 (13.2) 137.35 (10.6) 0.181
BMI (kg/m2) 16.29 (1.2) 19.72 (1.7) 25.92 (3.6)  < 0.01
Height/age (z score) -0.24b (0.8) 0.47 (0.9) 0.74 (0.9)  < 0.001
BMI/age (z score) 0.03 (0.7) 1.54 (0.3) 3.44 (1.6)  < 0.001

aANOVA; b p < 0.05 vs obesity (post hoc analysis with Tukey test)