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. 2008 Jul 30;3(7):e2827. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002827

Table 1. Characteristics of the study population.

obese control P-value
n = 11 n = 8
age, years (±SD) 15.2 (1.5) 16.5 (1.6) 0.125
body height, metres (±SD) 1.66 (0.40) 1.70 (0.83) 0.288
body weight, kilograms (±SD) 107.7 (17.3) 60.4 (6.5) <0.001
BMI, kg/m2 (±SD) 38.8 (5.7) 21.0 (1.5) <0.001
SDS BMI (±SD) 3.19 (0.42) 0.14 (0.51) <0.001