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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: The tracking of dietary intakes of children and adolescents in Sweden over six years: the European Youth Heart Study

  

EYHS I

EYHS II

 
     

Weight status

  

Weight status

  
 

Sample

Age a

BMI b

normal

obese

Age a

BMI b

normal

obese

Adequate reporting c

 

n (%)

years

kg/m 2

SD

%

%

years

kg/m 2

SD

%

%

%

Younger girls

149 (33)

9.5

17.2

2.3

85.8

1.4

15.5

20.9

2.6

89.3

1.3

79.7

Younger boys

124 (27)

9.5

17.2

2.4

85.4

2.4

15.5

20.5

2.9

84.6

0.8

71.3

Older girls

110 (24)

15.5

21.1

2.5

89.9

0.9

21d

22.4

3.3

84.4

4.6

70.4

Older boys

69 (15)

15.5

20.7

2.9

89.9

1.4

21d

23.3

3.6

78.3

5.8

81.2

  1. a Mean decimal age
  2. b Mean BMI plus standard deviation (SD)
  3. c Reported adequate energy intake at both time points. See Methods section for definition
  4. d Exact decimal age not available