Table 2. Participant characteristics by gender.
|
|
Boys (n = 400) |
Girls (n = 367) |
| Demographics, mean (±SD) |
Age (years) |
11.04 ± 2.77 |
10.91 ± 3.14 |
| Height (m) |
1.43 ± 0.31 |
1.42 ± 0.23 |
| Body mass (kg) |
42.2 ± 16.1 |
39.5 ± 13.6 |
| Ethnic group, n (%) |
White |
244 (32%) |
220 (29%) |
| Black |
61 (8%) |
67 (8%) |
| Indian |
95 (13%) |
80 (10%) |
| BMI distribution, n (%) |
Underweight (BMI ≤5th %ile)* |
16 (4.1%) |
21(5.7%) |
| Normal (BMI >5th<85th %ile) |
298 (74.4%) |
282 (76.9%) |
| Overweight (BMI ≥ 85th %ile) |
54 (13.4%) |
40 (10.8 %) |
| Obese (≥ 95th %ile) |
32 (8.1%) |
24 (6.6%) |
| Grade, n (%) |
One |
33 (4.3%) |
42 (5.5%) |
| Two |
52 (6.8%) |
53 (6.9%) |
| Three |
47 (6.1%) |
48 (6.3%) |
| Four |
45 (5.9%) |
42 (5.5%) |
| Five |
64 (8.3%) |
39 (5.1%) |
| Six |
71(9.3%) |
33 (4.3%) |
| Seven |
35 (4.6%) |
27 (3.5%) |
| Eight |
7 (0.9%) |
11 (1.4%) |
| Nine |
10 (1.3%) |
20 (2.6%) |
| Ten |
17 (2.2%) |
24 (3.1%) |
| Eleven & Twelve |
27 (3.5%) |
20 (2.6%) |
* Terminology based on the study of Barlow et al. ().
