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. 2023 Dec 12;15(12):e50418. doi: 10.7759/cureus.50418

Table 1. Age and anthropometric measurements of all participants.

Mean ± standard deviation, median [IQR: Q1–Q3], *independent samples t-test, **Mann-Whitney U test.

BMI: body mass index, SDS: standard deviation score.

Variables Overall (n = 82) Control group (n = 41) Study group (n = 41) p-value
Age (years) 15.5 ± 1.7 15.8 ± 1.6 15.2 ± 1.7 0.120*
Weight (kg) 54.3 ± 9.6 52.8 ± 8.2 56.2 ± 7.2 0.168*
Height (cm) 160.5 ± 7.4 160.3 ± 8.9 160.3 ± 7.2 0.997*
BMI (kg/m2) 21.01 ± 3.1 20.4 ± 2.4 21.7 ± 3.6 0.090*
BMI SDS −0.2 [−1 to 0.7] −0.5 [−1.2 to 0.3] 0.3 [−0.8 to 0.9] 0.069**
Weight SDS −0.2 [−1.1 to 0.5] −0.4 [−1.2 to 0.3] 0.1 [−0.9 to 0.8] 0.103**
Height SDS 0.1 [−0.9 to 0.8] 0.0 [−0.8 to 0.8] 0.1 [−0.8 to 0.8] 0.846**