Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants included in the longitudinal study
Characteristic | Full sample | No separation (N = 426) | Childhood separation (N = 132) | Recent separation (N = 61) | Prolonged separation since birth (N = 104) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Range | Mean (SD), number (%) | Mean (SD), number (%) | Mean (SD), number (%) | Mean (SD), number (%) | Mean (SD), number (%) | ||
Age | 8.75–13.75 | 11.56 (1.17) | 11.56 (1.20) | 11.55 (1.28) | 11.39 (1.20) | 11.77 (0.87) | 0.107 |
Female | 0, 1 | 275 (38) | 162 (38.0) | 20 (32.8) | 52 (39.4) | 39.4 (41.0) | 0.825 |
BMI | 11.93–35.26 | 18.88 (3.49) | 18.89 (3.41) | 19.03 (3.80) | 18.31 (3.19) | 19.46 (3.93) | 0.091 |
Positive childhood experiences | 0–5 | 1.64 (1.12) | 2.10 (1.41) | 1.15 (1.26) | 1.07 (1.85) | 0.78 (1.43) | 0.000 |
High neglect (upper quartile) | 0, 1 | 18.4 (133) | 14.8 (63) | 16.4 (10) | 19.7 (26) | 32.7 (34) | 0.000 |
Health status | 0.530 | ||||||
Excellent | 200 (27.9) | 120 (28.1) | 15 (24.6) | 42 (31.8) | 23 (22.1) | ||
Good | 341 (46.2) | 207 (48.6) | 30 (49.5) | 55 (41.7) | 49 (47.1) | ||
Fair | 165 (23.2) | 88 (20.7) | 16 (26.2) | 31 (23.5) | 30 (28.8) | ||
Poor | 17 (2.7) | 11 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.0) | 2 (1.9) | ||
Socioeconomic status | 0.218 | ||||||
Low | 57 (7.8) | 59 (8.0) | 1 (1.3) | 12 (8.0) | 10 (9.5) | ||
Moderate | 488 (69.1) | 291 (68.8) | 48 (76.3) | 80 (67.1) | 69 (69.2) | ||
High | 178 (23.1) | 101 (23.2) | 12 (22.5) | 40 (24.9) | 25 (21.3) | ||