Table 1.
Baseline Sample Characteristics by Studya
| Citation | Location | Follow-up, mo | No. | Girls, No. (%) | Age, Mean (SD), y | Nonwhite, No. (%)b | Mean (SD)
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| BMI | BMI z Score | BMI Percentile | |||||||
| Epstein et al23 | Pittsburgh | 120 | 47 | 31 (66.0) | 10.1 (1.5) | … | 24.77 (3.08) | 1.88 (0.40) | 95.14 (2.63) |
| Epstein et al24 | Pittsburgh | 120 | 35 | 28 (80.0) | 10.5 (1.4) | … | 25.54 (2.42) | 1.91 (0.32) | 95.77 (2.32) |
| Epstein et al25 | Pittsburgh | 120 | 38 | 30 (78.9) | 10.9 (1.1) | … | 25.86 (3.07) | 1.86 (0.37) | 95.16 (2.63) |
| Epstein et al26 | Pittsburgh | 120 | 41 | 30 (73.2) | 10.6 (1.3) | … | 26.63 (3.66) | 2.00 (0.35) | 96.02 (1.81) |
| Epstein et al27 | Buffalo | 24 | 80 | 54 (67.5) | 10.4 (1.2) | 4 (5.0) | 27.86 (3.06) | 2.17 (0.26) | 96.73 (0.90) |
| Epstein et al28 | Buffalo | 24 | 59 | 31 (52.5) | 10.4 (1.1) | 2 (3.4) | 27.55 (3.06) | 2.16 (0.27) | 96.68 (1.17) |
| Epstein et al29 | Buffalo | 12 | 60 | 30 (50.0) | 10.3 (1.2) | 3 (5.0) | 27.34 (3.54) | 2.15 (0.29) | 96.60 (1.57) |
| Epstein et al30 | Buffalo | 24 | 63 | 38 (60.3) | 9.9 (1.3) | 5 (7.9) | 27.73 (2.65) | 2.24 (0.22) | 96.97 (0.18) |
| Goldfield et al31 | Buffalo | 12 | 24 | 17 (70.8) | 10.0 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 26.84 (3.17) | 2.12 (0.27) | 96.66 (1.10) |
| Epstein et al32 | Buffalo | 24 | 37 | 22 (59.5) | 10.2 (1.2) | 1 (2.7) | 30.00 (4.37) | 2.35 (0.31) | 96.79 (0.86) |
| Epstein et al33 | Buffalo | 24 | 35 | 16 (45.7) | 10.5 (1.1) | 5 (14.3) | 29.53 (4.18) | 2.27 (0.30) | 96.73 (1.49) |
| Wilfley et al22 | San Diego | 24 | 150 | 105 (70.0) | 9.9 (1.3) | 48 (32.0) | 27.59 (3.41) | 2.20 (0.30) | 96.68 (1.18) |
| Full sample | … | … | 669 | 432 (64.6) | 10.2 (1.3) | 68 (13.4) | 27.36 (3.51) | 2.13 (0.33) | 96.43 (1.61) |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared).
a
All values are for children. Numbers refer to participants included in the current study and do not necessarily reflect the sample sizes for the original studies.
b
Race/ethnicity data were not available for all studies; percentage of nonwhites for the full sample reflects the percentage of available subjects.