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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics across the whole sample and by school SEC

From: Overweight and obesity by school socioeconomic composition and adolescent socioeconomic status: a school-based study

Variables

All

 

School SEC

 

Low (n = 3)

Medium (n = 5)

High (n = 3)

Age (M, SD)

15.92 (1.33)

16.61 (1.16)

15.37 (1.24)

15.82 (1.26)

Sex (n, %)

 Boys

515 (49.6%)

186 (53.6%)

195 (51.6%)

142 (45.4%)

 Girls

523 (50.4%)

161 (46.4%)

183 (48.4%)

171 (54.6%)

Body Mass Index

 Weight / Height (M, SD)

20.83 (3.32)

21.97 (3.8)

20.59 (3.09)

19.85 (2.57)

 CDC Z-Scores (M, SD)

−0.09 (1.01)

0.11 (1.05)

−0.04 (0.97)

−0.37 (0.94)

 Underweight

65 (6.3%)

16 (4.6%)

22 (5.8%)

27 (8.6%)

 Normal Weight

846 (81.5%)

274 (79.0%)

308 (81.5%)

264 (84.3%)

 Overweight

92 (8.9%)

38 (11.0%)

36 (9.5%)

18 (5.8%)

 Obesity

35 (3.4%)

19 (5.5%)

12 (3.2%)

4 (1.3%)

 Overweight|Obesity

127 (12.2%)

57 (16.4%)

48 (12.7%)

22 (7.0%)

Physical Activity

 Low

282 (27.2%)

142 (40.9%)

79 (20.9%)

61 (19.5%)

 Medium

623 (60.0%)

162 (46.7%)

245 (64.8%)

216 (69.0%)

 High

133 (12.8%)

43 (12.4%)

54 (14.3%)

36 (11.5%)

Adolescent SES

 Low

351 (33.8%)

214 (61.7%)

108 (28.6%)

29 (9.3%)

 Medium

277 (26.7%)

63 (18.2%)

118 (31.2%)

96 (30.7%)

 High

368 (35.5%)

50 (14.4%)

137 (36.2%)

181 (57.8%)

 NA

42 (4.1%)

20 (5.8%)

15 (4.0%)

7 (2.2%)

School Lunch (n, %)

 Lunch outside school

490 (47.2%)

304 (87.6%)

189 (50.0%)

55 (17.6%)

 Lunch at school

548 (52.8%)

43 (12.4%)

189 (50.0%)

258 (82.4%)

Household Composition

 Live with both parents

680 (65.5%)

218 (62.8%)

231 (61.1%)

231 (73.8%)

 Do not live with both parents

358 (34.5%)

129 (37.2%)

147 (38.9%)

82 (26.2%)

 Number of Siblings (M, SD)

2.13 (1.55)

2.9 (1.76)

1.92 (1.45)

1.54 (0.98)

Overall

1038 (100.0%)

347 (100.0%)

378 (100.0%)

313 (100.0%)