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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Child Adolesc Nutr. 2009 Feb;1(1):37–44. doi: 10.1177/1941406408326991

Table 1.

Change in Measurements Among Completers

Median (Q1–Q3)
Baseline 12 Weeks P Valuea
Weight, kg 101.6 (85.9–126.7) 100.1 (87.6–127.7) .55
Height, cm 165.2 (161.2–170.0) 166.4 (161.4–171.0) .003
BMI, kg/m2   38.1   37.9 .26
Body fat, %   48.7 (35.9–52.0)   46.2 (35.0–51.5) .0001
Height z score, SD     0.6 (–0.1–1.3)     0.6 (–0.1–1.2) .85
Weight z score, SD     2.6 (2.1–3.2)     2.5 (2.0–3.2) .001
BMI z score, SD     2.4 (2.1–2.7)     2.3 (2.1–2.7) .01
Glucose, mg/dL   80.0 (75.0–88.0)   80.5 (75.0–88.0) .50
Hematocrit, %   39.5 (36.6–40.8)   37.6 (35.7–40.6) .11
Hemoglobin, g/dL   13.0 (12.0–13.8)   12.6 (12.1–13.6) .24
Insulin, µU/mL   11.0 (8.0–17.0)   22.0 (8.0–32.0) .004
HOMA-IR   2.0 (1.5–3.4)     4.6 (1.4–6.1) .01
HbA1C, %   5.3 (5.2–5.6)     5.7 (5.5–6.0) .0001
Vitamin D, ng/mL   14.0 (10.8–17.6)   18.0 (12.9–23.0) .0001
C-reactive protein, mg/dL     0.4 (0.2–0.6)     0.4 (0.2–0.5) .45
Homocysteine, µmol/L     7.3 (6.1–9.1)     7.8 (6.3–8.8) .31
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 159 (142–185) 168 (138–181) .80
Triglycerides, mg/dL   84 (61–109)   90 (63–114) .07
HDL, mg/dL   45 (38–50)   43 (38–53) .75
LDL, mg/dL   98 (73–118)   94 (77–113) .44

HOMA-IR = (Insulin µU/mL × Glucose mmol/L)/22.5. Glucose mmol/L = Glucose mg/dL × 0.055. BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.

a

Testing the null that the median difference is 0.