Table 1.

Subject characteristics of adolescent and young adult burn injury survivors.

Parameters	Total (n = 68)	Normal weight (n = 47)	Overweight/obese (n = 21)	p-value
Age (yrs)	18.6 ± 4.2	18.2 ± 3	19.5 ± 0.5	0.04
Sex
Male	46 (67.6%)	30 (63.8 %)	16 (72.6 %)
Female	22 (32.4%)	17 (36.2%)	5 (23.8%)	0.31
Ethnicity
Hispanic	61 (89.7%)	44 (93.6%)	17 (81.0 %)
Non-Hispanic	7 (10.3%)	3 (6.4%)	4 (19 %)	0.35
BMI	24 ± 4.9	21.7 ±1.7	29.5 ±5.7	<0.001
BMI percentile	61.4 ± 26.2	49.2 ±21.4	90.1 ± 6.9	<0.001

BMI: Body Mass Index