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Table 2 General characteristics of study participants by categories of depression and Quality of life score

From: The association between lifelines diet score (LLDS) with depression and quality of life in Iranian adolescent girls

 

Not depressed

Depressed

P value*

Well quality of life

Poor quality of life

P value*

 

Age(year)

14.51 ± 1.52

14.50 ± 1.56

0.917

14.45 ± 1.56

14.58 ± 1.51

0.266

 

Percentile BMI (kg/m2 )

48.34 ± 29.31

46.29 ± 27.70

0.407

49.46 ± 29.79

46.01 ± 27.98

0.108

 

Waist circumference (cm)

70.57 ± 8.88

70.29 ± 9.73

0.724

70.74 ± 8.88

70.23 ± 9.35

0.452

 

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.76 ± 0.06

0.76 ± 0.06

0.493

0.76 ± 0.05

0.76 ± 0.06

0.815

 

Physical activity (MET h/week)

45.45 ± 3.19

45.49 ± 3.95

0.856

45.62 ± 3.49

45.15 ± 3.40

0.065

 

Parent’s death, n (%)

20 (3.70)

9 (5.10)

0.402

14 (3.00)

23 (5.200)

0.090

 

Parents’ divorce, n (%)

17 (3.20)

18 (10.20)

< 0.001

17 (3.70)

27 (6.20)

0.085

 

Quality of life score

44.10 ± 7.55

35.87 ± 5.75

< 0.001

48.45 ± 3.84

35.52 ± 5.25

< 0.001

 

Depression score

6.54 ± 4.77

24.19 ± 6.57

< 0.001

6.29 ± 5.64

15.53 ± 9.86

< 0.001

 
  1. BMI: Body mass index
  2. Values are means ± SD and number (percent) for quantitative and qualitative variables, respectively.
  3. *Obtained from independent t-test for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables