Health-related quality of life in overweight German children and adolescents: do treatment-seeking youth have lower quality of life levels? Comparison of a clinical sample with the general population using a multilevel model approach

Emily Finne; Thomas Reinehr; Anke Schaefer; Katrin Winkel; Petra Kolip

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-561

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for the HRQoL subscale scores in the compared objective/perceived weight groups in the population and the treatment sample (mean; standard error)

		Population mean^†	Normal-weight/ proper weight	Overweight/ proper weight	Normal-weight/ too fat	Overweight/ too fat	Obese/ too fat	Treatment sample
Parent proxy-reported HRQoL (8–16 years old)
		N = 9076 ^‡	N=4294	N=149	N=688	N=660	N=549	N=137
Physical well-being	boys	77.84; 0.29	80.86; 0.39	80.05; 1.95	75.25; 1.22	76.70; 1.03	74.17; 1.22	75.80; 2.40
Physical well-being	girls	74.50; 0.33	76.30; 0.43	78.60; 1.93	72.25; 1.13	71.35; 1.05	68.53; 1.17	74.08; 2.01
Emotional well-being	boys	80.09; 0.22	81.76; 0.27	82.18; 1.54	78.79; 0.88	79.21; 0.98	80.02; 0.83	76.04; 2.11
Emotional well-being	girls	80.03; 0.25	81.38; 0.31	84.12; 1.63	78.07; 0.97	78.06; 0.82	77.10; 1.04	78.04; 1.55
Self-esteem	boys	68.18; 0.26	69.73; 0.36	72.11; 1.41	65.81; 0.97	67.21; 1.04	68.40; 0.95	62.87; 2.23
Self-esteem	girls	68.29; 0.25	69.60; 0.33	71.20; 1.93	65.63; 0.88	66.21; 1.04	65.93; 1.07	63.23; 1.77
Family	boys	76.99; 0.25	78.25; 0.36	78.12; 1.82	75.18; 0.93	77.38; 0.88	79.35; 0.95	77.04; 2.05
Family	girls	77.69; 0.25	78.77; 0.34	77.63; 2.70	75.46; 0.91	76.75; 0.93	76.72; 1.16	75.58; 1.61
Friends	boys	77.56; 0.25	79.57; 0.29	78.80; 1.91	76.29; 1.00	77.18; 0.90	76.52; 1.03	71.41; 2.32
Friends	girls	77.15; 0.24	78.39; 0.30	81.42; 1.71	75.50; 0.78	74.37; 0.96	73.35; 1.36	71.06; 1.30
School	boys	73.78; 0.27	75.73; 0.37	74.65; 1.52	71.94; 1.15	73.95; 1.15	73.17; 1.10	72.07; 2.35
School	girls	75.77; 0.31	76.76; 0.39	73.60; 2.12	75.85; 1.07	76.24; 0.90	71.54; 1.16	77.22; 1.79
Children’s self-reported HRQoL (11–16 years old)
		N = 5954	N=2063	N=62	N=1485	N=494	N=381	N=65
Physical well-being	boys	74.50; 0.32	77.16; 0.44	79.83; 2.38	73.38; 0.74	72.99; 1.09	71.50; 1.31	66.09; 3.76
Physical well-being	girls	67.97; 0.40	72.10; 0.62	72.26; 3.56	65.22; 0.67	64.14; 1.21	65.36; 1.28	74.01; 2.43
Emotional well-being	boys	82.27; 0.25	83.52; 0.39	86.21; 1.61	81.67; 0.55	80.82; 0.93	82.88; 0.89	79.28; 3.27
Emotional well-being	girls	80.75; 0.32	83.26; 0.45	85.61; 2.69	79.21; 0.57	80.18; 0.99	78.43; 1.36	82.73; 1.77
Self-esteem	boys	60.11; 0.38	61.81; 0.59	63.02; 2.81	58.76; 0.86	57.96; 1.29	56.56; 1.43	60.42; 3.85
Self-esteem	girls	55.85; 0.37	60.27; 0.60	65.90; 4.95	53.20; 0.67	52.71; 1.38	52.36; 1.84	61.57; 2.25
Family	boys	82.54; 0.28	83.77; 0.47	89.31; 2.39	81.41; 0.67	82.45; 1.17	82.22; 1.19	81.25; 2.69
Family	girls	81.58; 0.34	84.74; 0.58	79.74; 3.48	78.66; 0.61	79.58; 1.12	82.93; 1.13	78.73; 2.84
Friends	boys	78.78; 0.32	80.63; 0.44	80.80; 2.18	78.82; 0.71	77.13; 1.14	74.79; 1.28	71.99; 3.30
Friends	girls	76.83; 0.32	78.70; 0.49	77.68; 2.70	75.92; 0.54	75.65; 1.11	74.71; 1.63	75.00; 2.21
School	boys	66.57; 0.38	69.29; 0.56	72.36; 3.04	64.66; 0.81	64.62; 1.25	63.84; 1.43	66.20; 3.48
	girls	66.33; 0.37	70.57; 0.64	74.61; 5.87	63.04; 0.59	64.05; 1.38	62.89; 1.88	68.26; 2.87

Note: ^† Based on the KiGGS sample before the exclusion of underweight and disabled boys and girls (8–16 years old for the analysis of parent-reported values and 11–16 years old for the analysis of self-reported values).
‡ N denotes group numbers; individual Ns may differ for different HRQoL scores due to missing values).

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