Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, median (IQR)
From: Health related quality of life of obese adolescents in Kuwait
Variable | Healthy weight group | Obese group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | |
n = 176 | n = 100 | n = 276 | n = 142 | n = 82 | n = 224 | |
Age | 12.3 (2.2) | 12.2 (2.3) | 12.3 (2.2) | 12.6 (1.8) | 12.4 (2.1) | 12.4 (2.0) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 18.0 (2.9) | 18.2 (2.9) | 18.1 (3.0) | 28.7 (6.8) | 29.3 (4.9) | 28.8 (5.5) |
BMI Z score | 0.0 (1.2) | 0.1 (1.0) | 0.1 (1.1) | 2.1 (0.4) | 2.0 (0.4) | 2.1 (0.4) |
HRQL Self-report | ||||||
Physical score | 96.9 (15.6) | 87.5 (19.7) | 93.7 (18.8) | 90.6 (21.9) | 81.3 (28.9) | 87.5 (25.0) |
Psychosocial score | 90.0 (21.6) | 86.7 (23.4) | 88.3 (20.0) | 87.5 (18.4) | 82.5 (21.6) | 85.0 (18.3) |
Total score | 92.4 (19.5) | 86.4 (20.6) | 89.1 (20.3) | 88.0 (18.4) | 79.3 (21.2) | 84.8 (21.2) |
HRQL Parent-proxy report | n = 125 | n = 87 | n = 212 | n = 91 | n = 71 | n = 162 |
Physical score | 90.6 (25.0) | 75.0 (43.7) | 87.5 (34.4) | 84.4 (31.3) | 81.3 (43.8) | 82.9 (34.4) |
Psychosocial score | 78.3 (25.0) | 70.0 (28.4) | 76.7 (26.7) | 76.7 (20.0) | 80.0 (29.9) | 76.7 (25.0) |
Total score | 82.6 (22.3) | 69.6 (31.6) | 79.3 (29.3) | 76.1 (21.7) | 81.5 (29.3) | 78.3 (25.3) |