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Table 3 Association of Child Self-Reported QoL (median [IQR]) in the total study population with BMI

From: Physical and psychosocial quality of life in children with overweight and obesity from Sri Lanka

 

n

Median (IQR)a (n=110)

Spearman’s correlation coefficient (rb)

Significance

of correlation coefficientb

Physical QoL

109

78.1 (65.6, 88.4)

−0.197 (small)

0.040*

Psychosocial QoL

109

81.7 (72.5, 90.8)

−.0.164 (small)

0.088

Emotional functioning

110

85.0 (65.0, 91.3)

−0.083

0.391

Social functioning

109

85.0 (70.0, 95.0)

−0.237 (small)

0.013*

School functioning

109

85.0 (70.0, 90.0)

−0.081

0.400

Overall QoL

109

80.4 (69.6, 89.5)

−0.184 (small)

0.055

  1. aChild Self-Report PedsQoL score
  2. bCorrelation between BMI values with QoL scores. Effect size was evaluated using Cohen’s standards: with correlation coefficients of 0.10-0.29, 0.30-0.49 and ≥0.50 representing small, medium and large associations respectively [19]
  3. *Statistically significant at p<0.05 level
  4. IQR Interquartile range, QoL Quality of Life, BMI Body Mass Index
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BMC Public Health

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