Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of the Patients and the Control Group .
Patient Group mean ± SD |
Control Group mean ± SD |
P-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 10.33 ± 4.0 | 10.4 ± 4.2 | 0.366 |
Weight (kg) | 29.6 ± 1.2 | 27.4 ± 7.5 | 1 |
BMI | 16.8 ± 4.6 | 16.5 ± 1.3 | 0.366 |
BMI ± SDS | -1.0 ± 2.6 | -0.44 ± 0.99 | 0.728 |
SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index (weight/height2), SDS: standard deviation score.