Table 1 Characteristics of the study samples
From: Mental health in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity
Study sample (n=2350) | Child sample (age 4 to 10, n=1213) | Adolescent sample (age 11 to 18, n=1137) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | M (SD) | n (%) | |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 1150 (48.9%) | 591 (48.7%) | 559 (49.2%) | |||
Male | 1200 (51.1%) | 622 (51.3%) | 578 (50.8%) | |||
Age | 10.87 (4.24) | 7.32 (2.06) | 14.66 (2.17) | |||
SESa | ||||||
Low | 285 (12.1%) | 127 (10.5%) | 158 (13.9%) | |||
Middle | 1335 (56.8%) | 658 (54.2%) | 677 (59.5%) | |||
High | 730 (31.1%) | 428 (35.3%) | 302 (26.6%) | |||
BMI-SDSb | 0.34 (1.25) | 0.18 (1.15) | 0.51 (1.33) | |||
Weight statusc | ||||||
Underweight | 169 (7.2%) | 80 (6.6%) | 89 (7.8%) | |||
Normal weight | 1660 (70.6%) | 930 (76.7%) | 730 (64.2%) | |||
Overweight | 169 (7.2%) | 68 (5.6%) | 101 (8.9%) | |||
Obesity | 352 (15.0%) | 135 (11.1%) | 217 (19.1%) | |||