Table 1.
General characteristics of the enrolled boys and girls.
| Variable | Total N = 510 |
Boys N = 277 |
Girls N = 233 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 8.9 (2.3) | 9.1 (2.4) | 8.4 (2.1) | 0.754 |
| Age | ||||
|
6–10 years 11–15 years |
401 (78.6) 109 (21.4) |
204 (50.9) 73 (67.0) |
197 (49.1) 36 (33.0) |
0.027 |
| Height (m) | 127.5 (9.4) | 128.8 (12.2) | 125.1 (8.1) | 0.210 |
| Weight (kg) | 20.3 (3.1) | 20.9 (2.8) | 19.2 (3.4) | 0.841 |
| BMI | 16.4 (1.8) | 17.5 (1.6) | 16.1 (1.9) | 0.752 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
|
Pashtun Non-Pashtun |
393 (77.1) 117 (22.9) |
245 (62.3) 32 (27.4) |
148 (37.7) 85 (72.6) |
0.018 |
| 25(OH)D (ng/mL) | 9.3 (6.5) | 10.5 (5.8) | 8.1 (6.1) | 0.091 |
Continuous data are mean and standard deviation (SD), categorical data are n (%).
25(OH)D, 25-Hydroxy vitamin D; BMI, Basal metabolic rate; m, meter; kg, kilogram; ng/mL, nanogram per milliliter.