Benefits of Implementing School Health Checkups in Cambodia: A Comparison between the Capital and Its Suburbs : Table 1

Table 1: Comparison of body height and weight of children in Cambodian capital and suburb.

	Phnom Penh			Kandal Province
		Height			Height
Boys (years old)	n	m (cm)	SD	n	m (cm)	SD	Significance level (height)
6	31	117.4	5.8	256	113.1	5.4	***
7	108	120.8	6.1	304	118.1	5.8	***
8	95	125.0	7.0	240	123.0	6.6	*
9	83	130.6	6.7	293	127.6	6.4	***
10	96	136.3	8.0	318	131.9	7.6	***
11	102	140.9	9.5	303	136.5	7.6	***
12	75	146.8	8.0	217	140.0	8.7	***
13	-	-	-	90	144.9	8.3
total	590			2021
Girls (years old)
6	50	115.3	6.2	315	112.3	5.4	n.s.
7	127	119.3	5.6	311	116.6	7.6	***
8	102	125.1	5.6	198	123.6	6.6	*
9	92	128.3	6.6	314	127.6	9.3	n.s.
10	100	134.0	8.1	344	132.8	7.8	n.s.
11	76	145.6	8.4	318	138.6	8.9	***
12	64	148.9	5.9	164	141.7	7.1	***
13	-	-	-	53	143.3	9.2
total	611			2017
		Weight			Weight
Boys (years old)	n	m (kg)	SD	n	m (kg)	SD	Significance level (weight)
6	31	21.5	3.3	256	19.0	3.5	***
7	108	23.3	5.2	304	20.4	3.9	***
8	95	27.6	8.0	240	22.9	5.5	***
9	83	30.6	7.9	293	25.0	5.5	***
10	96	40.0	10.5	318	27.8	6.3	***
11	102	37.3	11.2	303	30.2	7.2	***
12	75	43.5	12.9	217	32.3	7.5	***
13	-	-	-	90	35.0	7.4
total	590			2021
Girls (years old)
6	50	19.8	4.6	315	18.2	3.3	**
7	127	21.5	3.8	311	20.4	3.9	***
8	102	26.2	5.8	198	22.9	4.9	***
9	92	28.7	6.7	314	25.4	5.4	**
10	100	31.2	7.8	344	28.4	6.7	**
11	76	38.7	9.4	318	31.7	8.1	***
12	64	42.1	10.8	164	34.2	9.2	***
13	-	-	-	53	35.3	7.0
total	611			2017
n.s.: not significant, :p<0.05, :p<0.001, **:p<0.0001