Table 1 Mean (SE) characteristics of study subjects.

	SARS patients	Controls	p value*
Sex (M:F)	21:13	21:13	1.000
Age (years)	14.7 (0.4)	14.0 (0.3)	0.193
Height (cm)	160.3 (2.2)	160.0 (2.2)	0.934
Weight (kg)	55.1 (2.2)	51.6 (2.2)	0.263
BMI (kg/m2)	21.3 (0.6)	19.9 (0.7)	0.143

*p values determined by Student's t test except for sex which was determined by the χ² test.