TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics of the study groups at baseline
| YLP (n=15) | HIP (n=17) | WLC (n=14) |
P |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For trend | YLP versus HIP | HIP versus WLC | YLP versus WLC | ||||
| Sex, male:female, n | 4:11 | 7:10 | 7:7 | 0.4 | – | – | – |
| Age, years | 16.2±1.3 | 14.6±1.3 | 14.8±1.2 | 0.001* | 0.002* | 1.0 | 0.01* |
| Tanner stage | |||||||
| Pubic hair | 4.5±0.9 | 3.6±1.2 | 4.2±0.9 | 0.04* | 0.01* | 0.08 | 0.2 |
| Breasts/gonads | 4.4±0.9 | 3.5±1.2 | 3.8±1.0 | 0.06 | – | – | – |
| Ethnicity, Caucasian:non-Caucasian, n | 11:4 | 14:3 | 14:0 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| Family history of type 2 diabetes, yes:no, n | 7:8 | 8:9 | 7:7 | 1.0 | – | – | – |
Data presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.
*
P<0.05. HIP Healthy Initiatives Program; WLC Wait List Control; YLP Youth Lifestyle Program