. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Jul;51(1):66–70. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181cb9629

Table 1.

Study patient characteristics

	Fracture Group	No Fracture Group	Total Patients

N (%)	12 (28.6%)	30 (71.4%)	42 (100%)
Age (yrs) at questionnaire	11.7 + 5.9	10.5 + 7.4	10.9 + 7.0

	(3.9 to 20.6)	(1.4 to 32.7)	(1.4 to 32.7)
Male, n (%)	7 (58.3%)	16 (53.3%)	23 (54.8%)
Medical History of:
Liver Disease	12 (100%)	29 (96.7%)	41 (97.6%)
Cardiac Disease	11 (91.7%)	26 (86.7%)	37 (88.1%)
Kidney Disease	3 (25.0%)	4 (13.3%)	7 (16.7%)
Vertebral Anomaly	8 (66.7%)	14 (46.7%)	22 (52.4%)
Surgical History of:
Biliary Diversion	3 (25.0%)	6 (20.0%)	9 (21.4%)
Liver Transplant	3 (25.0%)	5 (16.7%)	8 (19.0%)
BD or LT	6 (50.0%)	10 (33.3%)	16 (38.1%)
Anthropometrics:
Height z-score	−2.1 + 1.7	−1.5 + 1.7	−1.7 + 1.7

BMI z-score	−0.8 + 1.4	−0.4 + 1.0	−0.5 + 1.1

* No statistically significant differences were found between the Fracture and No Fracture groups with regard to the demographic, historical and anthropometric parameters outlined above.