Table 3 Distribution of height and BMI regarding demographic data among the studied participants
| Â | Height | P value | BMI | P value | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short suture (No. = 5651) | Normal (No. = 26,221) | Tall suture (No. = 1278) | Underweight (No. = 2707) | Normal (No. = 23,213) | Overweight/ obese (No. = 7230) | |||||||||
Age (Y) < 9 (n = 21,989) | no | % | no | % | no | % | < 0.001* | no | % | No | % | no | % | < 0.001* |
3465 | 15.8 | 18,091 | 82.3 | 433 | 1.9 | 1639 | 7.5 | 15,953 | 72.5 | 4397 | 20.0 | |||
≥9 (n = 11,161) | 2186 | 25.2 | 8130 | 74.5 | 845 | 7.6 |  | 1068 | 9.6 | 7260 | 65.0 | 2833 | 25.4 | |
Sex | ||||||||||||||
 M (n = 17,143) | 3343 | 19.2 | 13,657 | 79.7 | 143 | 0.8 | < 0.001* | 2089 | 12.1 | 11,959 | 69.8 | 3095 | 18.1 | < 0.001* |
 F (n = 16,007) | 2308 | 14.4 | 12,564 | 78.2 | 1135 | 7.0 |  | 618 | 3.9 | 11,254 | 70.3 | 4135 | 25.8 | |
Residence | ||||||||||||||
 U (n = 18,858) | 3029 | 16.1 | 15,064 | 79.9 | 765 | 4.0 | < 0.001* | 1006 | 5.3 | 12,738 | 67.5 | 5114 | 27.1 | < 0.001* |
 R (n = 14,292) | 2622 | 18.3 | 11,157 | 78.1 | 513 | 3.6 |  | 1701 | 11.9 | 10,475 | 73.3 | 2116 | 14.8 | |
SES | ||||||||||||||
 L (n = 3865) | 1147 | 29.7 | 2660 | 68.9 | 58 | 1.4 |  | 507 | 13.1 | 2658 | 68.8 | 700 | 18.1 |  |
 M (n = 24,970) | 3996 | 16.0 | 20,561 | 82.3 | 413 | 1.7 | < 0.001* | 2200 | 8.8 | 17,342 | 69.5 | 5428 | 21.7 | < 0.001* |
 H (n = 4315) | 508 | 11.8 | 3000 | 69.5 | 807 | 18.7 |  | 0 | 0.0 | 3213 | 74.5 | 1102 | 25.5 | |