Table 1. Descriptive statistics (n = 75) for chronological age, maturity status and body composition, and results of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for checking the normality of the distribution.
| Mean ± SD | Range (min – max) | Kolmogorov–Smirnov | ||
| Value | p | |||
| Chronological age (years) | 11.12±0.69 | 10.27 to 13.08 | 1.18 | 0.12 |
| Percentage of PMS (%) | 81.5±2.3 | 77.3 to 90.3 | 0.70 | 0.72 |
| z-score for PMS (z PMS) | 0.04±0.92 | −2.07 to 2.40 | 0.74 | 0.65 |
| DXA total body | ||||
| BMD (g•cm−2) | 0.84±0.06 | 0.69 to 0.96 | 0.37 | 0.99 |
| BMC (kg) | 1.22±0.17 | 0.86 to 1.66 | 0.55 | 0.93 |
| Fat (%) | 26.4±8.1 | 14.0 to 44.6 | 0.77 | 0.60 |
| Fat (kg) | 11.2±5.8 | 3.6 to 27.6 | 1.03 | 0.24 |
| Lean soft tissue (kg) | 29.0±4.2 | 20.7 to 39.8 | 0.73 | 0.66 |
| DXA lower limbs | ||||
| BMD (g•cm−2) | 0.84±0.07 | 0.68 to 1.04 | 0.51 | 0.96 |
| BMC (kg) | 0.44±0.08 | 0.30 to 0.68 | 0.87 | 0.43 |
| Fat (%) | 31.7±8.3 | 16.0 to 50.2 | 0.56 | 0.92 |
| Fat (kg) | 4.9±2.3 | 1.3 to 10.9 | 1.16 | 0.13 |
| Lean soft tissue (kg) | 10.0±1.7 | 6.9 to 13.9 | 0.74 | 0.64 |
Abbreviations: PMS, predicted mature stature; DXA, dual x-ray absorptiometry; BMD, bone mineral density; BMC, Bone mineral content.