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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2010;3(2):89–100. doi: 10.3233/PRM-2010-0113

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics

Overall
5–7 years
8–11 years
12–15 years
≥ 16 years
n Observed
Mean ± SD
n Observed
Mean ± SD
n Observed
Mean ± SD
n Observed
Mean ± SD
n Observed
Mean ± SD
Weight (kg) 54 22.1 ± 7.1 7 16.3 ± 1.9 25 20.4 ± 6.8 8 23.5 ± 4.8 14 27.2 ± 7.0
Height (cm) 54 101.9 ± 12.1 7 96.1 ± 6.9 25 100.4 ± 12.0 8 99.3 ± 11.1 14 108.9 ± 12.7
  Z-score1 −6.6 −4.4 −5.7 −8.3 −8.3
BMI (kg/m2) 54 21.0 ± 3.7 7 17.6 ± 1.5 25 20.0 ± 3.1 8 23.9 ± 3.5 14 22.8 ± 4.0
  Z-score1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 0.4
Urine GAG
(µg/mg creatinine)
54 338 ± 111 7 373 ± 121 25 329 ± 119 8 364 ± 59 14 319 ± 117
Albumin (g/dL)*2 50 4.3 ± 0.4 7 4.3 ± 0.4 24 4.3 ± 0.4 8 4.2 ± 0.6 11 4.5 ± 0.4
  Range (3.2, 5.3) (3.7, 4.8) (3.2, 5.3) (3.4, 5.1) (3.5, 5.0)
Tanner score
  1 34 7 23 1 3
  2 11 0 2 6 3
  3 2 0 0 1 1
  4 4 0 0 0 4
  5 3 0 0 0 3

Summary statistics calculated using measures at study entry, rather than treatment baseline;

1

Z-scores based on World Health Organization 2007 tables;

2

Normal Range: Albumin (3.9–5.4 for 5 yr to adult); (Harriet-Lane 2002).