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

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

Variable	Range or Frequency	Mean or Percentage	Standard Deviation
Dependent Variables
Physical Distress	0~12^a	2.95^a	2.87^a
Psychological Distress	0~20^a	5.39^a	4.75^a
Independent Variables
BMI (Body Mass Index) (%)
Healthy Weight	6465^b	63.63^b
Underweight	432^b	4.25^b
Overweight	1855^b	18.26^b
Obese	1408^b	13.86^b
Mediate Variables
Traditional Victimization	0~28^a	2.69^a	4.79^a
Cyber Victimization	0~16^a	.58^a	2.18^a
Control Variables
Gender (1=Male) (%)	5227^b	51.45^b
Age	10~17^a	12.95^a	1.75^a
Ethnicity (1=Hispanic) (%)	2916^b	28.70^b
Race (1=White) (%)	4961^b	48.83^b

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