Sample characteristics
| Variable | Total sample | Curvy groups | Thin groups | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Range | Mean (SD) | Frequency | % | Range | Mean (SD) | Frequency | % | Range | Mean (SD) | |
| Total n | 34 | 100 | – | – | 17 | 50 | – | – | 17 | 50 | – | – |
| Age (years) | – | 18.09 (0.67) | – | 18.18 (0.53) | – | 18.00 (0.79) | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 17.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 5 | 29.4 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | 55.9 | 12 | 70.6 | 7 | 41.2 | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | 26.5 | 4 | 23.5 | 5 | 29.4 | ||||||
| Ethnicity | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Aboriginal/TSI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| White | 28 | 82.4 | 17 | 100 | 11 | 64.7 | ||||||
| Black/African | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Asian | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Indian subcontinent | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Pacific | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mixed | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Country of birth | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Australia | 26 | 76.5 | 15 | 88.2 | 11 | 64.7 | ||||||
| Other | 8 | 23.5 | 2 | 11.8 | 6 | 35.3 | ||||||
| Weight (kgs) | – | – | 45–77 | 61.33 (8.36) | – | – | 55–77 | 64.37 (7.58) | – | – | 45–75 | 58.47 (8.24) |
| Height (cms) | – | – | 155–187 | 169.85 (7.10) | – | – | 160–180 | 169.06 (6.50) | – | – | 155–187 | 170.65 (7.77) |
| BMI | 15.94–28.98 | 21.26 (2.98) | 17.67–28.98 | 22.53 (3.03) | 15.94–25.95 | 20.07 (2.46) | ||||||
| Underweight | 3 | 8.8 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| ‘normal’ weight | 26 | 76.5 | 13 | 76.5 | 13 | 76.5 | ||||||
| Overweight | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 11.8 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Morbidly obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Missing | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Variable | Total sample | Curvy groups | Thin groups | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Range | Mean ( | Frequency | % | Range | Mean ( | Frequency | % | Range | Mean ( | |
| 34 | 100 | – | – | 17 | 50 | – | – | 17 | 50 | – | – | |
| – | 18.09 ( | – | 18.18 ( | – | 18.00 ( | |||||||
| 17 | 6 | 17.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 5 | 29.4 | ||||||
| 18 | 19 | 55.9 | 12 | 70.6 | 7 | 41.2 | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | 26.5 | 4 | 23.5 | 5 | 29.4 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Aboriginal/TSI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| White | 28 | 82.4 | 17 | 100 | 11 | 64.7 | ||||||
| Black/African | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Asian | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Indian subcontinent | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Pacific | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mixed | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
| Australia | 26 | 76.5 | 15 | 88.2 | 11 | 64.7 | ||||||
| Other | 8 | 23.5 | 2 | 11.8 | 6 | 35.3 | ||||||
| – | – | 45–77 | 61.33 ( | – | – | 55–77 | 64.37 ( | – | – | 45–75 | 58.47 ( | |
| – | – | 155–187 | 169.85 ( | – | – | 160–180 | 169.06 ( | – | – | 155–187 | 170.65 ( | |
| 15.94–28.98 | 21.26 ( | 17.67–28.98 | 22.53 ( | 15.94–25.95 | 20.07 ( | |||||||
| Underweight | 3 | 8.8 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| ‘normal’ weight | 26 | 76.5 | 13 | 76.5 | 13 | 76.5 | ||||||
| Overweight | 4 | 11.8 | 2 | 11.8 | 2 | 11.8 | ||||||
| Obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Morbidly obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Missing | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
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