Table 1.
Description of the baseline characteristics of sample divided by dietary group VN/VG/OM.
| Group | n | Sex | Median age | IQR | p** | Age range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||||
| (a) Sex and age | ||||||||
| VN | 78 | 38 | 40 | 2.0 | 1.0–3.94 | 0.002 | 0.5–18 years | |
| VG | 92 | 54 | 38 | 4.0 | 2.0–8.0 | 0.5–18 years | ||
| OM | 52 | 25 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.0–10.94 | 0.75–18.5 years | ||
| Variable | Omnivore | Vegetarian | Vegan | p* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |||
| (b) Anthropometrics | ||||||||
| Height percentile | 45.0 | 23.0–70.0 | 50.0 | 25.5–70.0 | 48.5 | 28.25–72.75 | 0.9 | |
| Weight percentile | 44.0 | 16.0–65.5 | 46.5 | 19.75–70.0 | 40.0 | 13.0–64.0 | 0.6 | |
| BMI percentile | 40.0 | 19.5–55:0 | 41.0 | 19.75–70.0 | 35.5 | 18.25–63.5 | 0.006 | |
| n (total) | n (total) | n (total) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height ≤3 perc. | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Weight ≤3 perc. | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| BMI ≤3 perc. | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||
OM omnivore, VG vegetarian, VN vegan, n number of subjects, IQR interquartile range, perc. percentile.
*p value calculated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests; p** = p value for median age between all three groups.