. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010 Jun 7;6(2):149–156. doi: 10.3109/17477166.2010.486833

Table I.

Subject characteristics.

	Boys	Girls
Sample size	45	28
Age (years)	11.2±3.3	11.0±3.2
Weight (kg)	53.9±17.7	47.6±19.4
Height (cm)	156.4±15.6	150.0±13.0
BMI percentile	75.3±26.7	64.0±35.3
Skeletal muscle (L)	16.7±8.5	14.5±5.1
Subcutaneous adipose tissue (L)	11.4±7.2	15.9±10.9^*
Visceral adipose tissue (L)	0.502±0.397	0.593±0.498
Intermuscular adipose tissue (L)	0.456±0.356	0.616±0.571
Residual (L)	13.8±4.1	12.7±2.9

Age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI) percentile, skeletal muscle, subcutaneous, visceral and intermuscular adipose tissue and residual volumes are presented as mean±standard deviation.

Significantly different from Boys at P<0.05.