Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Body Fat, Fasting Blood Glucose in a Sample of Moroccan Adolescents Aged 11–17 Years

Table 2

Characteristics of study sample (mean ± SD) and main effect of gender, weight status, and their interaction (two-way ANOVA).

Variables	Gender	Total	Normal weight	Overweight-obese		P values
		Boys: 𝑛=44; Girls: 𝑛=123	Boys: 𝑛=17; Girls: 𝑛=80	Boys: 𝑛=27; Girls: 𝑛=43	Effect of gender	Effect of weight status	Effect of interaction between gender and weight status
Age, years	Boys	14.19 ± 0.93	14.44 ± 0.83	14.03 ± 0.96	0.559	0.997	0.041
	Girls	14.29 ± 1.18	14.15 ± 1.15	14.57 ± 1.21
Weight, kg	Boys	61.64 ± 13.23	55.0 ± 10.0	65.80 ± 13.49	0.185	<0.0001	0.005
	Girls	54.45 ± 13.28	47.4 ± 7.3	67.93 ± 11.52
Height, m	Boys	1.62 ± 0.11	1.65 ± 0.11	1.60 ± 0.11	0.012	0.284	0.019
	Girls	1.58 ± 0.07	1.58 ± 0.08	1.60 ± 0.06
BMI, kg/m²	Boys	23.49 ± 3.96	20.12 ± 2.27	25.61 ± 3.27	0.893	<0.0001	0.025
	Girls	21.62 ± 4.47	19.02 ± 2.07	26.58 ± 3.49
WC, cm	Boys	81.27 ± 11.98	72.4 ± 8.4	86.83 ± 10.52	0.472	<0.0001	0.222
	Girls	75.38 ± 11.76	69.3 ± 7.7	86.98 ± 9.08
FM, kg	Boys	18.71 ± 10.48	10.64 ± 5.92	23.79 ± 9.53	0.054	<0.0001	0.840
	Girls	17.41 ± 8.90	12.87 ± 4.67	26.07 ± 8.66
PBF, %	Boys	29.27 ± 12.46	19.08 ± 9.92	35.68 ± 9.26	0.001	<0.0001	0.073
	Girls	30.48 ± 8.92	26.63 ± 6.59	37.83 ± 8.18
FBG, g/L	Boys	0.92 ± 0.14	0.89 ± 0.11	0.94 ± 0.15	0.306	0.182	0.195
	Girls	0.89 ± 0.11	0.89 ± 0.10	0.89 ± 0.12

BMI: body mass index (kg/m²); WC: waist circumference (cm): FM, fat mass (kg): PBF, percent body fat (%): FBG: fasting blood glucose (g/L).