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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the Baden-Württemberg Study (2010)

From: Skipping breakfast is detrimental for primary school children: cross-sectional analysis of determinants for targeted prevention

 

Missing

Boys

Girls

Total

Values

(n = 995)

(n = 948)

(n = 1,943)

Child characteristics

 Age, years [m (sd)]

 

7.09 (0.64)

7.06 (0.63)

7.08 (0.64)

 Migration background, n (%)

297

255 (30.9)

270 (32.9)

525 (31.9)

 BMIPERC, [m (sd)]

50

48.78 (27.87)

49.14 (27.92)

48.96 (27.89)

 Overweight, n (%)

50

54 (5.6)

54 (5.9)

108 (5.7)

 Obesity, n (%)

50

49 (5.1)

34 (3.7)

83 (4.4)

 Waist circumference, [m (sd)]

55

55.98 (5.83)***a

55.16 (5.90)

55.58 (5.88)

 WHtR, [m (sd)]

55

0.45 (0.04)*

0.45 (0.04)

0.45 (0.04)

 Abdominal obesity, n (%)

55

73 (7.5)

85 (9.2)

158 (8.4)

  ≥ 95th percentile for %body fat, n (%)

55

128 (13.2)***a

211 (22.9)

339 (18.0)

Parental characteristics

 Single parent, n (%)

265

82 (9.7)

95 (11.4)

177 (10.5)

 Tertiary family educational level, n (%)

215

262 (31.8)

261 (32.5)

523 (32.1)

 Household income ≤ €1,750, n (%)

452

101 (13.4)

106 (14.4)

207 (13.9)

 Overweight/obesity (mother or father), n (%)

332

532 (65.0)

542 (68.3)

1074 (66.7)

 Abdominal obesity (mother or father), n (%)

974

405 (82.7)

407 (85.0)

812 (83.8)

 Smoking (mother or father), n (%)

270

309 (36.9)

319 (38.2)

628 (37.5)

 Health awareness (mother or father), n (%)

343

541 (67.4)

539 (67.6)

1080 (67.5)

Health and lifestyle characteristics

 Skipping breakfast, n (%)

236

89 (10.4)**

134 (15.8)

223 (13.1)

 Soft drinks > 1/week, n (%)

241

219 (25.6)

197 (23.3)

416 (24.4)

 Playing outside > 60 min/day, n (%)

296

615 (73.8)***

515 (63.3)

1130 (68.6)

 Physically active ≥ 4 days/week ≥ 60 min/day, n (%)

320

260 (31.7)***

177 (22.1)

437 (26.9)

 Club sports > 1/week, n (%)

662

338 (52.0)

338 (53.6)

676 (52.8)

 Screen media > 1 h/day, n (%)

250

173 (20.4)

146 (17.3)

319 (18.8)

  1. NOTE. m mean, sd standard deviation, BMI body mass index, BMIPERC BMI percentiles, WHtR waist-to-height ratio
  2. aMann–Whitney-U test, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001