|
Variables
|
Study participants
|
|---|
|
Age (yrs)
| |
|
Mean (SD)
|
14.8 (1.7)
|
|
Median (Range)
|
15 (12–20)
|
|
Age category
| |
|
12-15 yrs: N (%)
|
168 (68.6)
|
|
16-20 yrs: N (%)
|
77 (31.4)
|
|
Sex
| |
|
Male: N (%)
|
112 (45.7)
|
|
Female: N (%)
|
133 (54.3)
|
|
BMI (Kg/M
2
)
| |
|
Mean (SD)
|
17.3 (2.7)
|
|
Median (Range)
|
16.9 (12–28)
|
|
BMI category*
| |
|
Boys
| |
|
Underweight (<20): N (%)
|
109 (44.5)
|
|
Normal (20–30): N (%)
|
3 (1.2)
|
|
Overweight (>30): N (%)
|
0 (0)
|
|
Girls
| |
|
Underweight (<18): N (%)
|
71 (29.0)
|
|
Normal (18–32): N (%)
|
62 (25.3)
|
|
Overweight (>32): N (%)
|
0 (0)
|
|
School type
| |
|
Government: N (%)
|
153 (62.4)
|
|
Private: N (%)
|
92 (37.6)
|
|
Family size
| |
|
Mean (SD)
|
5.6 (2.0)
|
|
Median (Range)
|
5 (1–14)
|
|
Family size category
| |
|
1-6: N (%)
|
178 (73.0)
|
|
7-14: N (%)
|
66 (27.1)
|
|
Education status of participants’ families
| |
|
Father
| |
|
Illiterate: N (%)
|
23 (11.4)
|
|
Primary education: N (%)
|
42 (20.9)
|
|
Secondary education: N (%)
|
77 (38.3)
|
|
Beyond secondary education: N (%)
|
59 (29.4)
|
|
Mother
| |
|
Illiterate: N (%)
|
43 (18.7)
|
|
Primary education: N (%)
|
82 (35.7)
|
|
Secondary education: N (%)
|
63 (27.4)
|
|
Beyond secondary education: N (%)
|
42 (18.3)
|
- *BMI classification is based on the CDC’s categorization [16].
