Children’s Body composition and Stress – the ChiBS study: aims, design, methods, population and participation characteristics

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of participating and non-participating children in the ChiBS study (2010, Aalter, Belgium)

* children participating in the baseline ChiBS stress-questionnaire; ** children participating in the IDEFICS study but not in the ChiBS study; BMI body mass index with cut-offs as determined by the International Obesity Task Force classification; household income categories based on national statistics, ISCED International Standard Classification for EDucation (1 ‘primary education’, 2 ‘lower secondary education’, 3 ‘upper secondary education’, 4 ‘post-secondary non-tertiary education’, 5 or higher ‘tertiary education’); traditional family structure: children living with both biological parents – non-traditional family structure: all other family structures.

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