Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of ISCOLE participants stratified by study site and sex (n = 6808)
Country (site) | n | Age (years) | HDP score | UDP score | BMI z-score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
Australia (Adelaide) | 236 | 272 | 10.4 (0.5) | 10.3 (0.6) | 0.18(1.0) | 0.26 (0.9) | −0.26 (0.7) | −0.30 (0.7) | 0.6 (1.1) | 0.6 (1.1) |
Canada (Ottawa) | 230 | 321 | 10.0 (0.4) | 10.0 (0.4) | 0.44(1.0) | 0.51 (1.0) | −0.40 (0.7) | −0.55 (0.5) | 0.6 (1.2) | 0.3 (1.2) |
Finland (Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa) | 235 | 260 | 10.0 (0.5) | 10.0 (0.4) | −0.18 (0.9) | −0.11 (0.9) | −0.49 (0.4) | −0.63 (0.4) | 0.3 (1.1) | 0.2 (1.0) |
USA (Baton Rouge) | 254 | 334 | 9.6 (0.7) | 9.5 (0.6) | −0.06 (1.2) | −0.14 (1.1) | 0.93 (1.5) | 0.72(1.4) | 0.9 (1.4) | 0.7 (1.3) |
Portugal (Porto) | 294 | 373 | 10.0 (0.2) | 10.0 (0.3) | 0.10(1.0) | 0.29(1.0) | −0.17(0.8) | −0.45 (0.5) | 1.0 (1.2) | 0.8 (1.1) |
United Kingdom (Bath and North East Somerset) | 208 | 257 | 10.4 (0.5) | 10.4 (0.5) | 0.02 (0.9) | −0.02 (0.9) | −0.09 (0.8) | −0.22 (0.6) | 0.4 (1.1) | 0.4 (1.2) |
Brazil (Sau Paulo) | 245 | 256 | 10.0 (0.5) | 10.0 (0.5) | −0.35 (1.1) | −0.45 (1.0) | 0.28 (1.1) | −0.02 (0.9) | 1.0 (1.5) | 0.8 (1.3) |
Colombia (Bogota) | 454 | 460 | 10.0 (0.6) | 10.0 (0.7) | −0.48 (0.7) | −0.44 (0.7) | −0.04 (0.6) | −0.12 (0.5) | 0.3 (1.1) | 0.1 (1.0) |
China (Tianjin) | 288 | 254 | 9.4 (0.5) | 9.4 (0.5) | 0.04(1.0) | 0.11 (0.9) | −0.11 (1.0) | −0.35 (0.8) | 1.1 (1.6) | 0.3 (1.3) |
South Africa (Cape Town) | 167 | 256 | 9.9 (0.8) | 9.7 (0.7) | 0.12(1.0) | 0.33 (1.1) | 1.33 (1.3) | 1.08(1.2) | 0.2 (1.2) | 0.3 (1.3) |
India (Bangalore) | 282 | 320 | 10.0 (0.6) | 10.0 (0.5) | −0.06 (1.0) | −0.07 (0.9) | 0.03 (0.9) | −0.22 (0.8) | 0.2 (1.5) | 0.3 (1.3) |
Kenya (Nairobi) | 257 | 295 | 9.7 (0.7) | 9.8 (0.7) | 0.23(1.0) | 0.30(1.0) | 0.10 (1.1) | 0.24(1.0) | 0.1 (1.3) | 0.0 (1.2) |
All sites | 3150 | 3658 | 10.0 (0.6) | 9.9 (0.6) | −0.04 (1.0) | 0.03(1.0) | 0.06 (1.0) | −0.08 (1.0) | 0.6 (1.3) | 0.4 (1.2) |