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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Nurs. 2008 Sep 4;24(5):378–388. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.02.034

Table 3. Comparisons of Age, BMI, Family History of T2DM, Stressful Life Events, and TNF-α by Sex.

Variable Female (M ± SEM) Male (M ± SEM)
Age (in months) 94.22 ± 2.27 93.77 ± 1.98
BMI 19.09 ± 0.58 19.43 ± 0.60
Family history of T2DM 0.51 ± 0.07 0.55 ± 0.07
Stressa 4.02 ± 0.39 3.44 ± 0.39*
TNF-α (pg/ml) 73.01 ± 9.66 57.70 ± 8.27*
a

Total score on the stressful life events scale via parental report.

*

Significant at the .05 α level.