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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 Mar;108(4):779–789. doi: 10.1007/s00421-009-1290-4

Table 1.

Subject characteristics by group

	Lean boys	Obese boys
n	7	7
Age, year	11 ± 0.3	11 ± 0.2
Height, cm	152 ± 2	155 ± 1
Weight, kg	42 ± 2	54 ± 4^*
A_D, m²	1.33 ± 0.03	1.50 ± 0.05^*
A_D/mass, m²/kg	0.032 ± 0.001	0.028 ± 0.001^*
Body fat, %	18 ± 1	33 ± 2^*
LBM, kg	32 ± 1	33 ± 1
V̇_{o_{2 max}}, ml kg⁻¹ min⁻¹	49 ± 1	37 ± 2^*
V̇_{o_{2 max}}, L/min⁻¹	2.1 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.1
V̇_{o_{2 max}}, ml LBM⁻¹ min⁻¹	65 ± 2	59 ± 1^*

Values are means ± SE. A_D DuBois surface area, LBM lean body mass, V̇_{o_{2 max}}maximal aerobic capacity

^*

Significantly different from lean boys, P < 0.05