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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the background variables

From: Sex-related change in BMI of 15- to 16-year-old Norwegian girls in cross-sectional studies in 2002 and 2017

 

2002

 

2017

 

N

%

OWOB %a

N

%

OWOB %a

Sex

1675

823

 

1580

814

 

 Girl

823

49.1

9.0

814

51.5

14.0

 Boy

852

50.9

17.0

766

48.5

20.0

Age, years (mean) SD

1675

(15.9) 0.3

 

1580

(15.8) 0.4

 

Sociodemography of the family

 Not living with siblings

1631

17.0

14.4

1566

16.5

22.1

 Poor family economy

1656

3.5

24.1

1572

4.0

23.8

 Parents not living together

1664

27.1

13.1

1573

32.1

20.0

 Father working full time

1644

84.2

12.2

1560

84.5

16.4

 Mother working full time

1654

57.8

11.9

1569

70.2

16.0

 Teeth brushing ≤ once daily

1670

25.7

18.4

1573

24.1

24.0

 Rural living

1675

74.1

13.0

1580

72.3

18.7

Smoking

 Never smoked

1671

62.4

13.2

1567

87.0

16.3

 Parental smoking

1675

35.8

14.0

1580

12.4

23.0

Mental health issues

 Sought help for mental health issuesb

1573

5.2

14.6

1541

13.0

21.9

Activity

 Spare-time physical activity < 4 times weeklyc

1570

56.9

14.3

1576

55.9

19.3

 Screen time > 2 h/daily

1666

57.6

14.8

1571

68.7

17.6

 Participates in organized spare-time sports

1659

43.5

9.3

1563

56.8

12.2

 Walking or riding bike to school

1665

35.6

11.6

1577

39.9

14.6

Student education

 Educational plans > 12 years

1659

46.6

11.7

1573

61.0

13.0

 Best or second-best gradesd

1555

55.3

11.2

1506

67.8

14.7

 Positive opinion on educatione

1642

68.9

11.9

1565

78.9

16.2

Nutrition

 Daily breakfast

1673

65.8

13.9

1576

62.9

15.3

 Drinking sugar-containing soda ≥ daily

1664

37.5

14.4

1561

13.4

16.3

 Eating candy ≥ daily

1660

17.7

9.9

1566

8.2

14.8

  1. a% overweight and obesity (OWOB) within the given category
  2. bduring the last 12 months
  3. cactivity generating sweating or heavy breathing
  4. din ≥ 1 of 4 subjects: Norwegian writing, mathematics, social science, English
  5. eAnswered yes to ≥1 of the questions “my education is interesting and I learn a lot”, “good grades are important to me”, and “my parents find education important”