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Table 2 Paired comparisons of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) for the healthy weight group vs. obese group, median (IQR)

From: Health related quality of life of obese adolescents in Kuwait

 

Healthy weight group

Obese group

95% CI

P-value

Variable

n = 98

n = 98

  

Self-report

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

  

Physical score   

90.6 (18.7)

87.5 (31.2)

1.5, 9.4

0.007

Psychosocial score   

88.3 (18.3)

85.0 (20.4)

−1.6, 7.5

0.224

Total score   

88.0 (17.7)

84.8 (25.0)

−0.5, 7.1

0.087

Parent-proxy report

    

Physical score   

86.0 (40.6)

81.3 (31.3)

−4.7, 6.3

0.756

Psychosocial score   

76.7 (25.0)

76.7 (28.3)

−3.4, 5.8

0.773

Total score   

79.3 (31.5)

78.8 (24.5)

−2.8, 6.0

0.550

  1. Median (IQR) ages of healthy weight and obese groups were both 12.4y (2.1). Median (IQR) BMI Z scores were 0.1 (1.1) for the healthy weight group, and 2.1 (0.4) for the obese group.