Table I Baseline socio-demographic...

Table I

Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of the intervention and control groups

	Intervention group (n = 35)	Control group (n = 35)
Socio-demographic characteristics	Number (%)	Number (%)	p-value
Age	$\bar{x}$ = 16.80 (SD = 0.96)	$\bar{x}$ = 16.57 (SD = 0.81)	0.288^a
Level of education			0.068^b
Grade 10	6 (17.10)	14 (40.00)
Grade 11	14 (40.00)	13 (37.10)
Grade 12	15 (42.90)	8 (22.90)
GPA	$\bar{x}$ = 2.57 (SD = 0.70)	$\bar{x}$ = 2.68 (SD = 0.28)	0.39^a
Living with			0.319^c
Both parents	25 (71.40)	20 (57.10)
One parent	4 (11.40)	8 (22.90)
Relative	5 (14.30)	5 (14.30)
Alone	–	2 (5.70)
Teacher	1 (2.90)	–
Type of residence			0.491^c
Home	34 (97.10)	33 (94.30)
Dorm	–	2 (5.70)
Boxing camp	1 (2.90)	–
Daily allowances	$\bar{x}$ = 70.86 (SD = 24.29)	$\bar{x}$ = 60.57 (SD = 24.12)	0.080^a
Congenital diseases			0.301^c
None	32 (91.40)	30 (85.70)
Allergies	–	2 (5.70)
Asthma	–	2 (5.70)
Anemia	1 (2.90)	1 (2.90)
Gastritis	2 (5.70)	–

	Intervention group (n = 35)	Control group (n = 35)
Socio-demographic characteristics	Number (%)	Number (%)	p-value
Age	$\bar{x}$ = 16.80 (SD = 0.96)	$\bar{x}$ = 16.57 (SD = 0.81)	0.288^a
Level of education			0.068^b
Grade 10	6 (17.10)	14 (40.00)
Grade 11	14 (40.00)	13 (37.10)
Grade 12	15 (42.90)	8 (22.90)
GPA	$\bar{x}$ = 2.57 (SD = 0.70)	$\bar{x}$ = 2.68 (SD = 0.28)	0.39^a
Living with			0.319^c
Both parents	25 (71.40)	20 (57.10)
One parent	4 (11.40)	8 (22.90)
Relative	5 (14.30)	5 (14.30)
Alone	–	2 (5.70)
Teacher	1 (2.90)	–
Type of residence			0.491^c
Home	34 (97.10)	33 (94.30)
Dorm	–	2 (5.70)
Boxing camp	1 (2.90)	–
Daily allowances	$\bar{x}$ = 70.86 (SD = 24.29)	$\bar{x}$ = 60.57 (SD = 24.12)	0.080^a
Congenital diseases			0.301^c
None	32 (91.40)	30 (85.70)
Allergies	–	2 (5.70)
Asthma	–	2 (5.70)
Anemia	1 (2.90)	1 (2.90)
Gastritis	2 (5.70)	–

Notes: ^aIndependent samples t-test; ^bχ² test; ^cFisher exact test

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