Characteristics | n (%) | p-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Male (n = 300) | Female (n = 633) | Total | ||
School location | ||||
 Urban | 147 (49.0) | 287 (45.3) | 434 (46.5) | 0.29 |
 Rural | 153 (51.0) | 346 (54.7) | 499 (53.5) |  |
School size | ||||
 Small (≤100 students) | 19 (6.3) | 39 (6.2) | 58 (6.2) | 0.93 |
 Medium (101–199 students) | 109 (36.3) | 238 (37.6) | 347 (37.2) |  |
 Large (≥200 students) | 172 (57.3) | 356 (56.2) | 528 (56.6) |  |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Malay | 262 (87.3) | 552 (87.2) | 814 (87.2) | 0.95 |
 Chinese | 21 (7.0) | 42 (6.6) | 63 (6.8) |  |
 Indian | 14 (4.7) | 30 (4.7) | 44 (4.7) |  |
 Others | 3 (1.0) | 9 (1.4) | 12 (1.3) |  |
Parental Income, n = 599a | ||||
 Below median | 159 (88.3) | 372 (88.8) | 531 (88.6) | 0.89 |
 Above median | 21 (11.7) | 47 (11.2) | 68 (11.4) |  |
Educational level of mother, n = 818 | ||||
 No formal education/Primary | 23 (9.5) | 68 (11.8) | 91 (11.1) | 0.58 |
 Secondary school | 179 (74.3) | 425 (73.7) | 604 (73.8) |  |
 Higher institution | 39 (16.2) | 84 (14.6) | 123 (15.0) |  |
Physical activity total score, n = 793 | 2.77 (±0.72) | 2.40 (±0.57) | 2.52 (±0.64) | < 0.001 |
‘High sugar, high fibre, high DED and low fat’ DP z-score, n = 583 | −0.15 (±1.14) | 0.06 (±1.40) | 0.00 (±1.33) | 0.08 |