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Table 4 Adolescent self-reports and parent proxy-reports of total and domain-specific HRQoL by BMI weight categoriesa

From: Adolescent body weight and health-related quality of life rated by adolescents and parents: the issue of measurement bias

 

HRQoL scores by BMI weight categories: mean (SD)

Differences between BMI weight categories: mean (SD)

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

Overweight & obese

Overweight vs. normal weight

Obese vs. normal weight

Obese vs. overweight

Overweight & obese vs. normal weight

Adolescent self-reports

        

 Total

79.8 (13.1)

80.8 (10.4)

80.3 (12.9)

80.5 (12.1)

1.0 (0.0)

0.5 (0.0)

−0.5 (−0.0)

0.7 (0.0)

 Physical functioning

82.7 (17.0)

82.3 (18.1)

81.6 (17.7)

81.9 (17.8)

−0.4 (−0.0)

−1.1 (−0.0)

−0.8 (−0.0)

−0.8 (−0.0)

 Emotional functioning

78.5 (18.1)

80.7 (15.5)

79.2 (20.0)

79.8 (18.5)

2.2 (0.0)

0.7 (0.0)

−1.5 (−0.0)

1.2 (0.0)

 Social functioning

84.0 (18.2)

86.5 (13.5)

86.4 (14.0)

86.4 (13.8)

2.5 (0.0)

2.4 (0.0)

−0.1 (−0.0)

2.5 (0.0)

 School functioning

72.6 (15.4)

72.6 (14.1)

72.4 (15.9)

72.4 (15.2)

−0.1 (−0.0)

−0.3 (−0.0)

−0.2 (−0.0)

−0.2 (−0.0)

Parent proxy-reports

        

 Total

72.5 (15.6)

71.9 (15.9)

70.1 (16.3)

70.8 (16.1)

−0.6 (−0.0)

−2.4 (−0.1)

−1.7 (−0.1)

−1.7 (−0.1)

 Physical functioning

74.5 (20.6)

72.0 (23.4)

69.1 (21.5)

70.1 (22.2)

−2.6 (−0.0)

−5.4 (−0.1)

−2.9 (−0.1)

−4.4 (−0.1)

 Emotional functioning

74.8 (18.5)

71.0 (17.7)

71.5 (19.0)

71.3 (18.4)

−3.8 (−0.1)

−3.3 (−0.1)

0.5 (0.0)

−3.4 (−0.1)

 Social functioning

73.7 (20.9)

71.8 (21.1)

73.3 (18.7)

72.8 (19.5)

−1.9 (−0.0)

−0.4 (−0.0)

1.5 (0.0)

−0.9 (−0.0)

 School functioning

68.4 (17.0)

69.9 (20.0)

66.0 (19.3)

67.4 (19.6)

1.5 (0.1)

−2.4 (−0.1)

−3.9 (−0.1)

−0.9 (−0.0)

  1. aAnalyses were based on Mann–Whitney U-tests