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TableÌý1 Baseline characteristics of adolescent participants in the MyBFF@school program

From: Effects of the MyBFF@school program on anthropometry and body composition among overweight and obese adolescent schoolchildren

Characteristic ( \(n\), %)

Intervention (579, 55.6%)

Control (462, 44.4%)

Χ2

p-value

Mean age (²â±ð²¹°ù²õ ±â¶Ä‰S¶Ù)a

14.1 ±â¶Ä‰1.35

14.3 ±â¶Ä‰1.34

Ìý

0.013

Gender (\(n\), %)b

 M²¹±ô±ð

234 (40.4)

196 (42.4)

0.428

0.277

 F±ð³¾²¹±ô±ð

345 (59.6)

266 (57.6)

Ethnicity (\(n\), %)b

 M²¹±ô²¹²â

449 (78.2)

251 (70.7)

21.2

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 C³ó¾±²Ô±ð²õ±ð

31 (5.4)

27 (7.6)

 I²Ô»å¾±²¹²Ô

65 (11.3)

71 (20)

 O³Ù³ó±ð°ù

29 (5.1)

6 (1.7)

Pubertal status (\(n\), %)b

 P°ù±ð±è³Ü²ú±ð°ù³Ù²¹±ô

23 (4)

17 (3.7)

0.052

0.872

 Pubertal (Tanner stage ≥ 2)

554 (96)

441 (96.3)

Abdominal obesity (\(n\), %)b

 WC < 90th centile

210 (36.4)

184 (39.9)

1.347

0.248

 WC > 90th centile

367 (63.6)

277 (60.1)

BMI \(z\)-score status (\(n\), %)b

 Overweight > + 1 SD

257 (44.4)

228 (49.4)

4.15

0.126

 Obese > + 2 SD

247 (42.7)

190 (41.1)

 Morbidly obese > + 3 SD

75 (13)

44 (9.5)

  1. Missing data: 112 in ethnicity, 6 in pubertal status, and 3 in abdominal obesity
  2. WC waist circumference, SD standard deviation
  3. aContinuous variables at baseline were compared using independent samples t-tests (intervention versus control)
  4. bCategorical variables at baseline were compared using the chi-squared test