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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Jul;44(7):10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824749b2. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824749b2

TABLE 1.

Sample descriptive characteristics.

Characteristics Total sample
(n = 464)
Age (yr) 10.7 ± 1.1
Menarche (%; Post) 10
Tanner stage (%; 1/2/3/4/5) 33/33/27/5/2
Maturity offset (yr) −1.1 ± 1.0
Body mass (kg) 39.2 ± 10.4
Height (cm) 144.3 ± 9.8
BMI (kg/m2) 18.6 ± 3.4
Trunk height (cm) 75.5 ± 4.8
Leg length (cm) 68.8 ± 5.7
Femur length (cm) 34.0 ± 3.0
Tibia length (cm) 33.2 ± 2.8
Lean mass (kg) 25.7 ± 5.1
Fat mass (kg) 11.2 ± 6.2
Total percent body fat (%) 27.8 ± 8.4
Calf muscle density (mg/cm3) 78.9 ± 1.2
Thigh muscle density (mg/cm3) 76.3 ± 1.5
Physical activity score 5135.0 ± 4905.7

Values are presented as % or mean ± SD.