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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics of Study Variables (n = 10,160)

From: Association between body mass index and health outcomes among adolescents: the mediating role of traditional and cyber bullying victimization

Variable

Range or Frequency

Mean or Percentage

Standard Deviation

Dependent Variables

 Physical Distress

0~12a

2.95a

2.87a

 Psychological Distress

0~20a

5.39a

4.75a

Independent Variables

 BMI (Body Mass Index) (%)

  Healthy Weight

6465b

63.63b

 

  Underweight

432b

4.25b

  Overweight

1855b

18.26b

  Obese

1408b

13.86b

Mediate Variables

 Traditional Victimization

0~28a

2.69a

4.79a

 Cyber Victimization

0~16a

.58a

2.18a

Control Variables

 Gender (1=Male) (%)

5227b

51.45b

 

 Age

10~17a

12.95a

1.75a

 Ethnicity (1=Hispanic) (%)

2916b

28.70b

 

 Race (1=White) (%)

4961b

48.83b

  1. Note. a The range, mean, and standard deviation are reported
  2. bThe frequency and percentage are reported