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. 2010 Aug;65(8):789–792. doi: 10.1590/S1807-5932201000080009

Table 1.

General characteristics of obese and eutrophic children.

Variables	Obese	Eutrophic
Age (years)	9.98 ± 1.31	10.39 ± 1.42
	[9.63–10.33]	[10.03–10.74]
Weight (kg)	63.16 ± 14.50 (60.35)^a	37.91 ± 7.84 (36.2)^a^,^*
	[59.27–67.04]	[35.96–39.85]
Height (cm)	147.73 ± 10.45	147.09 ± 10.20
	[144.93–150.53]	[144.57–149.62]
BMI (kg/m²)	28.58 ± 3.66 (28.06)^a	17.33 ± 1.77 (17.05)^a^,^*
	[27.60–29.56]	[16.89–17.77]

^a

Mean ± SD (median); [95% CI];

^*

significant difference between groups (Mann-Whitney U-test); BMI = body mass index