Table 2 Participants’ characteristics.

From: Psychological distress and internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight during the COVID-19 outbreak

 

M (SD) or n (%)

F or χ2 (p value)

Non-OW n = 1121

OW n = 236

Noneligible childrena n = 657

Age (year)

10.67 (1.11)

10.78 (0.93)

10.75 (1.06)

1.74 (0.18)

Gender (boy)

557 (49.7%)

132 (55.9%)

318 (48.4%)

4.04 (0.13)

Height (cm)

144.47 (9.00)

149.80 (8.81)

145.20 (9.64)

32.95 (<0.001)***

Weight (kg)

35.94 (10.51)

58.88 (22.33)

51.66 (19.06)

342.52 (<0.001)***

Body mass index (kg/m2)

17.09 (4.11)

26.02 (8.90)

24.35 (8.08)

374.95 (<0.001)***

Ethnicity (Han)

1106 (98.7%)

235 (99.6%)

647 (98.5%)

1.69 (0.43)

Currently ill (yes)b

18 (1.6%)

6 (2.5%)

7 (1.1%)

2.57 (0.28)

  1. Non-OW group with nonoverweight, OW group with overweight.
  2. ***p < 0.001.
  3. aNoneligible children were those who misperceived their weight status; 123 perceived themselves overweight but were classified as nonoverweight according to body mass index; 534 perceived themselves as nonoverweight but were classified as overweight according to body mass index.
  4. bCurrently ill was assessed using a dichotomous item “In the past week, were you ill [e.g., catching a cold or having diarrhea]?”.
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