Is central obesity associated with poorer health and health-related quality of life in primary school children? Cross-sectional results from the Baden-Württemberg Study

Table 2 Children’s health-related quality of life by WHtR

	Missing values	WHtR < 0.5 n = 1730 m (sd)	WHtR ≥ 0.5 n = 158 m (sd)
EQ5D-Y VAS	261	91.63 (9.71)	88.12 (13.24)***
KINDL^R physical well-being	276	83.72 (13.43)	81.49 (14.10)
KINDL^R psychological well-being	265	84.88 (11.10)	82.71 (13.16)
KINDL^R self-esteem	226	74.01 (13.23)	74.69 (13.27)
KINDL^R family	242	80.33 (12.27)	79.06 (15.64)
KINDL^R friends	264	78.29 (12.05)	75.38 (13.44)*
KINDL^R school	223	82.47 (14.35)	79.93 (14.12)*
KINDL^R total score	351	80.72 (8.45)	79.47 (9.04)

ISSN: 1471-2458