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. 2009 Jan 14;89(3):738–745. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26886

TABLE 2.

Demographics of the participants

Loss of control (n = 50) No loss of control (n = 127) P value1
Age (y) 13.3 ± 2.72 13.6 ± 2.8 0.378
Female sex (%) 64.0 41.7 0.007
Race (%) 0.461
 Non-Hispanic white 60.0 59.2
 Non-Hispanic black 28.0 31.7
 Other 12.0 9.1
Median socioeconomic status 2 2 0.165
BMI (kg/m2) 27.7 ± 9.9 23.4 ± 7.3 0.005
BMI z score 1.46 ± 1.97 0.80 ± 1.09 <0.001
Fat mass (kg) 26.5 ± 12.3 16.2 ± 14.5 0.002
Fat-free mass (kg) 45.3 ± 16.9 43.3 ± 14.1 0.512
1

Independent t tests were used to analyze continuous dependent variables, and chi-square tests were used to analyze categorical dependent variables.

2

Mean ± SD (all such values).