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Table 1 Subject characteristics according to frequency of meat consumption per week

From: Red meat and chicken consumption and its association with high blood pressure and obesity in South Korean children and adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis of KSHES, 2011–2015

Merged 2011-2015a

 

Consumption of meat per week

 

Variables

 

<1

1–2

3–5

>5

 
  

n (%)c or Mean (SEM)

P- valueb

Subjects n (%)c

136,739 (100)

4,801 (3.4)

70,193 (51.8)

48,538 (37.1)

10,165 (7.7)

<0.001

 Girls

64,760 (47.7)

2,428 (3.6)

33,992 (53.1)

22,656 (36.2)

4,456 (7.1)

<0.001

 Boys

71,979 (52.3)

2,373 (3.1)

36,201 (50.7)

25,882 (37.9)

5,709 (8.3)

<0.001

HBP n (%)c

9,918 (7.7)

387 (8.2)

5,190 (7.7)

3,610 (7.8)

731 (7.2)

<0.001

 Systolic HBP

6,075 (4.8)

259 (5.6)

3,287 (5.0)

2,036 (4.6)

405 (4.3)

<0.001

 Diastolic HBP

6,704 (5.3)

245 (5.4)

3,302 (5.2)

2,458 (5.4)

520 (5.1)

<0.001

Obesity, n (%)c

9,528 (7.6)

399 (9.1)

5,337 (8.2)

3,203 (6.9)

589 (6.3)

<0.001

9 years

Anthropometric characteristics

    

n = 36,733

 Height, cm

138.80 (0.2)

138.90 (0.1)

138.61 (0.1)

139.10 (0.3)

0.007

 

 BMI, kg/m2

18.53 (0.1)

18.46 (0.0)

18.34 (0.0)

18.29 (0.1)

<0.001

 

 Obesity, n (%)c

138 (9.8)

1,736 (7.9)

694 (7.0)

53 (6.2)

0.001

 

Blood pressure

     
 

 Systolic BP, mmHg

99.64 (0.4)

99.00 (0.2)

99.13 (0.3)

98.97 (0.6)

0.004

 

 Diastolic BP, mmHg

60.48 (0.3)

60.22 (0.2)

60.44 (0.2)

60.08 (0.6)

0.114

 

 HBP, n (%)c

106 (7.1)

1,576 (6.9)

657 (6.6)

58 (6.4)

<0.001

12 years

Anthropometric characteristics

    

n = 49,280

 Height, cm

156.99 (0.2)

157.28 (0.1)

157.51 (0.1)

157.92 (0.2)

<0.001

 

 BMI, kg/ m2

20.59 (0.1)

20.48 (0.0)

20.14 (0.0)

20.13 (0.1)

<0.001

 

 Obesity, n (%c

163 (8.5)

2,117 (8.1)

953 (6.0)

128 (5.5)

0.001

 

Blood pressure

     
 

 Systolic BP, mmHg

105.08 (0.4)

105.22 (0.2)

105.17 (0.2)

105.33 (0.3)

0.327

 

 Diastolic BP, mmHg

63.32 (0.2)

63.33 (0.1)

63.39 (0.1)

63.20 (0.2)

0.204

 

 HBP, n (%)c

172 (7.9)

2,023 (7.7)

1,111 (7.4)

158 (6.6)

<0.001

15 years

Anthropometric characteristics

    

n = 50,726

 Height, cm

165.72 (0.4)

166.31 (0.2)

166.38 (0.2)

166.71 (0.2)

0.007

 

 BMI, kg/ m2

21.96 (0.1)

21.90 (0.0)

21.74 (0.0)

21.64 (0.0)

<0.001

 

 Obesity, n (%)c

98 (9.2)

1,484 (8.6)

1,556 (7.4)

408 (6.6)

0.001

 

Blood pressure

     
 

 Systolic BP, mmHg

109.21 (0.5)

109.29 (0.2)

109.00 (0.2)

108.71 (0.3)

0.004

 

 Diastolic BP, mmHg

65.55 (0.3)

65.70 (0.1)

65.55 (0.1)

65.28 (0.2)

0.114

 

 HBP, n (%)c

109 (10.2)

1,591 (8.8)

1,842 (8.7)

515 (7.5)

<0.001

  1. aCross-sectional data from the Korea School Health Examination Survey (2011–2015, 1761 schools)
  2. b P-value, using chi-squared test for n (%), ANOVA for mean (standard error of the mean, SEM)
  3. cUnweighted sample size and weighted percentage. In addition, sample sizes vary because of missing data
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