Clinical Study
Obesity and Preference-Weighted Quality of Life of Ethnically Diverse Middle School Children: The HEALTHY Study
Table 2
Unadjusted preference-weighted QOL scores stratified by clinical and demographic characteristics.
| | | Health Utility Index 2 | Health Utility Index 3 | Feeling thermometer | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) |
| BMI% | | | | | | | | <85 | 2456 | 0.853 | (0.157) | 0.805 | (0.233) | 0.826 | (0.156) | 85–94 | 1003 | 0.848 | (0.157) | 0.795 | (0.236) | 0.803 | (0.155) | 95–99 | 1176 | 0.838 | (0.163) | 0.786 | (0.242) | 0.784 | (0.159) | 99+ | 344 | 0.814 | (0.175) | 0.759 | (0.245) | 0.740 | (0.189) | | | <0.001 | 0.004 | <0.001 | Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | | | | | | | | <100 | 4172 | 0.845 | (0.160) | 0.794 | (0.238) | 0.807 | (0.161) | 100–110 | 745 | 0.852 | (0.160) | 0.803 | (0.230) | 0.798 | (0.161) | 100+ | 62 | 0.815 | (0.173) | 0.779 | (0.262) | 0.790 | (0.179) | | | 0.135 | 0.438 | 0.346 | Fasting insulin (U/mL) | | | | | | | | <30 | 4653 | 0.847 | (0.159) | 0.797 | (0.237) | 0.809 | (0.159) | 30+ | 326 | 0.830 | (0.168) | 0.781 | (0.237) | 0.761 | (0.181) | | | 0.088 | 0.272 | <0.001 | Age | | | | | | | | 10 or younger | 91 | 0.849 | (0.174) | 0.790 | (0.250) | 0.808 | (0.187) | 11 | 3535 | 0.852 | (0.153) | 0.806 | (0.225) | 0.810 | (0.158) | 12 | 1353 | 0.829 | (0.174) | 0.768 | (0.262) | 0.795 | (0.166) | | | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.112 | Sex | | | | | | | | Male | 2336 | 0.847 | (0.160) | 0.799 | (0.238) | 0.811 | (0.154) | Female | 2643 | 0.845 | (0.160) | 0.793 | (0.236) | 0.800 | (0.167) | | | 0.697 | 0.331 | 0.006 | Tanner stage | | | | | | | | 1 | 492 | 0.872 | (0.147) | 0.821 | (0.220) | 0.802 | (0.162) | 2 | 1280 | 0.851 | (0.149) | 0.803 | (0.221) | 0.811 | (0.155) | 3 | 1964 | 0.845 | (0.161) | 0.798 | (0.238) | 0.808 | (0.160) | 4 or 5 | 1170 | 0.830 | (0.174) | 0.773 | (0.256) | 0.798 | (0.168) | | | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.150 | Family history of diabetes | | | | | | | | Yes | 649 | 0.832 | (0.168) | 0.773 | (0.256) | 0.786 | (0.167) | No | 3004 | 0.850 | (0.157) | 0.802 | (0.232) | 0.810 | (0.159) | | | 0.014 | 0.007 | 0.002 | Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | Hispanic | 2857 | 0.836 | (0.163) | 0.779 | (0.244) | 0.791 | (0.164) | Black | 1066 | 0.849 | (0.159) | 0.802 | (0.235) | 0.825 | (0.159) | White | 1056 | 0.870 | (0.149) | 0.834 | (0.214) | 0.826 | (0.152) | | | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.019 | Highest educational grade attained in household | | | | | | No HS diploma | 1308 | 0.833 | (0.167) | 0.773 | (0.251) | 0.789 | (0.166) | Some college | 2620 | 0.849 | (0.161) | 0.799 | (0.234) | 0.807 | (0.162) | College grade or higher | 912 | 0.859 | (0.144) | 0.825 | (0.214) | 0.827 | (0.153) | | | 0.015 | <0.001 | 0.009 |
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