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Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 124, 52% girls)

From: Relative validity of a web-based food frequency questionnaire for Danish adolescents

 

All

Girls

Boys

Age, years (mean, SD)

13.2 (0.7)

13.3 (0.6)

13.2 (0.7)

Height, cm (mean, SD)

165.9 (8.3)

164.7 (7.9)

167.4 (8.5)

BMIa (kg/m2) (mean, SD)

19.1 (7.9)

19.2 (7.9)

19.1 (8.3)

Overweighta (%)

13.7

15

12

Obesea (%)

13.7

12

15

Born to GDM mothersb (%)

62

57

68

Parental educational level (%)

 High level of education

21

26

15

 Medium level of education

32.5

29

36

 Skilled workers

32.5

30

36

 Student

0.8

1.5

0

 Unskilled

12

14

11

 Unemployed

0.8

0

1.8

  1. BMI body mass index = weight (kg)/height (m)2 GDM gestational diabetes mellitus
  2. aClassification by Cole et al. [30]
  3. bAdolescents born to mothers with registered gestational diabetes