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Table 1 Basic statistics by weight status

From: Association of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with obesity and underweight in children

 

Full sample

zBMI, mean (SD)

Underweight

Overweight

Obesity

Age, mean (SD)

8.98 (1.30)

 

8.95 (1.30)

9.11 (1.27)

8.98 (1.31)

Sex, n (%)

     

 Boys

264 (52.49)

0.40 (1.28)

22 (8.33)

45 (17.05)

12 (4.55)

 Girls

239 (47.51)

0.25 (1.13)

29 (12.13)

35 (14.64)

13 (5.44)

Place of residence n (%)

     

 Villages

40 (8.21)

0.03 (1.18)

8 (20.00)

4 (10.00)

1 (2.50)

 Small and medium size city (10–100 thous. residents)

60 (12.32)

0.43 (1.40)

4 (6.67)

9 (15.00)

5 (8.33)

 Large city (> 100 thous. residents)

387 (79.47)

0.33 (1.18)

38 (9.82)

61 (15.76)

18 (4.65)

Parental subjective assessment of economic situation of a family, n (%)

     

 Bad

17 (3.50)

0.70 (1.50)

1 (5.88)

3 (17.65)

2 (11.76)

 Average

312 (64.20)

0.34 (1.23)

32 (10.26)

53 (16.99)

16 (5.13)

 Good

157 (32.30)

0.23 (1.17)

18 (11.46)

19 (12.10)

7 (4.46)

People per room, n (%)

     

  ≥ 2

100 (20.12)

0.43 (1.35)

11 (11.00)

17 (17.00)

8 (8.00)

 > 1 and < 2

191 (38.43)

0.30 (1.25)

20 (10.47)

34 (17.80)

11 (5.67)

  ≤ 1

206 (41.45)

0.28 (1.11)

20 (9.71)

26 (12.62)

6 (2.91)

Education of mother, n (%)

     

 Primary

4 (0.81)

0.85 (1.48)

0

1 (25.00)

1 (25.00)

 Vocational

48 (9.68)

0.97 (1.49)

2 (4.17)

11 (22.92)

9 (18.75)

 Secondary

120 (24.19)

0.45 (1.41)

14 (11.67)

22 (18.22)

10 (8.33)

 Higher

324 (65.32)

0.20 (1.05)

33 (10.19)

46 (14.20)

5 (1.54)

Education of father, n (%)

     

 Primary

15 (3.13)

0.70 (1.46)

1 (6.67)

2 (13.33)

2 (13.33)

 Vocational

92 (19.17)

0.77 (1.29)

5 (5.43)

28 (30.43)

8 (8.70)

 Secondary

137 (28.54)

0.44 (1.24)

11 (8.03)

21 (15.33)

9 (6.57)

 Higher

236 (48.17)

0.11 (1.05)

29 (12.29)

27 (11.44)

4 (1.69)

ACE, n (%)

     

 0

264 (52.49)

0.30 (1.06)

17 (6.44)

42 (15.91)

5 (1.89)

 At least 1 type

239 (47.51)

0.36 (1.37)

34 (14.23)

38 (15.90)

20 (8.37)

ACE score, n (%)

     

 1

120 (23.86)

0.45 (1.31)

16 (13.33)

19 (15.83)

11 (9.17)

 2

64 (12.72)

0.36 (1.57)

12 (18.75)

9 (14.06)

8 (12.50)

 3

25 (4.97)

0.22 (1.15)

3 (12.00)

5 (20.00)

0

 4

19 (3.78)

0.31 (1.26)

2 (10.53)

4 (21.05)

0

 5

6 (0.80)

0.42 (1.46)

0

1 (15.67)

1 (16.67)

 6

4 (0.80)

− 0.88 (1.43)

1 (25.00)

0

0

 7

1 (0.20)

− 0.48

0

0

0

 8

0

 

Type of ACE

     

 Life/health threat

43 (8.55)

0.11 (1.21)

6 (13.95)

5 (11.62)

2 (4.65)

 Life/health threat witness

38 (7.55)

0.51 (0.97)

1 (2.63)

4 (10.53)

2 (5.26)

 Violence victim

45 (8.95)

0.11 (1.51)

8 (17.78)

5 (11.11)

4 (8.89)

 Violence witness

35 (6.99)

0.30 (1.38)

3 (8.57)

7 (20.00)

2 (5.71)

 Death of someone close

92 (18.33)

0.26 (1.30)

12 (13.04)

13 (14.13)

5 (5.43)

 Stressful family problems

90 (17.93)

0.33 (1.43)

14 (15.56)

14 (15.56)

9 (10.00)

 Long separation from parents

69 (13.77)

0.27 (1.43)

11 (15.94)

11 (15.94)

6 (8.70)

 Other unspecified

24 (4.87)

0.34 (1.52)

4 (16.67)

7 (29.17)

1 (4.17)

N (% of full sample)

503

 

51 (10.14)

80 (15.91)

25 (4.97)

  1. ACEs adverse childhood experiences, zBMI z scores for BMI, n number, % percent, SD standard deviation