Research Article
Correlates of Overweight in Children and Adolescents Living at Different Altitudes: The Peruvian Health and Optimist Growth Study
Table 4
Descriptive statistics for child-level variables.
| | Child-level variables | Sea level (S) () | Amazon region (A) () | High altitude (H) () | F | Post hoc among areas | | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| | Biological characteristics | | | | | | | Age (yrs) | 11.20 ± 2.98 | 10.78 ± 2.87 | 11.61 ± 2.84 | 62.45 | H > S > A | | Maturity offset (yrs to PHV) | −1.27 ± 2.30 | −1.89 ± 2.28 | −1.30 ± 2.25 | 75.19 | A < S; A < H | | PFz | 0.46 ± 1.76 | 0.52 ± 1.53 | −1.46 ± 1.13 | 1371.35 | H < S; H < A |
| | | Frequencies n (%) | χ2 | |
| | Sex | | | | | | | Girls | 1200 (61.1) | 2355 (52.7) | 1099 (51.4) | 48.69 | | | Boys | 763 (38.9) | 2111 (47.3) | 1040 (48.6) | |
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; PF z = total physical fitness score. |
