Table 1 Descriptive statistics of study participants in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, Mexico (N = 363)
Variable | Total (N = 363) | Adventist (N = 202) | Non-Adventist (N = 161) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± S.D. [Min, Max] or % | ||||
Age (years) | 15.0 ± 1.2 [13,19] | 15.3 ± 1.1 [14,19] | 14.7 ± 1.3 [13,19] | < 0.001 |
Age | < 0.001 | |||
Less than 15 years old | 44.4% | 29.2% | 63.3% | |
15 years old or older | 55.6% | 70.8% | 36.7% | |
Gender | 0.489 | |||
Female | 50.1% | 48.5% | 52.2% | |
Male | 49.9% | 51.5% | 47.8% | |
Place of birth | < 0.001 | |||
North Mexico | 62.3% | 41.6% | 88.2% | |
Othera | 37.7% | 58.4% | 11.8% | |
Nationality | 0.034 | |||
Mexican | 92.3% | 91.4% | 96.9% | |
Otherb | 6.2% | 8.6% | 3.1% | |
School level | < 0.001 | |||
Middle school | 45.2% | 29.2% | 65.2% | |
High school | 54.8% | 70.8% | 34.8% | |
Type of residence | < 0.001 | |||
Living with family | 90.6% | 84.6% | 98.1% | |
Living in boarding school | 9.4% | 15.4% | 1.9% | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 22.4 ± 4.0 [14.6,36.9] | 22.3 ± 3.7 [14.7,35.5] | 22.7 ± 4.5 [14.6,36.9] | 0.745 |
Obesity risk | 0.076 | |||
Underweight/normal | 72.2% | 75.9% | 67.3% | |
Overweight/obesity | 27.8% | 24.1% | 32.7% | |
Eating risk scale (continuous) | 4.3 ± 3.7 [0,22] | 4.6 ± 3.8 [0,22] | 3.9 ± 3.5 [0.20] | 0.06 |
Eating risk scale | 0.144 | |||
Risk free (0–6) | 80.4% | 77.7% | 83.8% | |
Risk (7 or above) | 19.6% | 22.3% | 16.2% | |
Dissatisfaction | 0.318 | |||
Dissatisfaction | 40.8% | 56.9% | 62.1% | |
Satisfaction | 59.0% | 43.1% | 37.9% | 0.771 |
Distortion | ||||
Distortion | 71.4% | 72.0% | 70.6% | |
No distortion | 28.6% | 28.0% | 29.4% | |