Table 1.
Age and anthropometric characteristics of the participants considering eutrophic, overweight/obese and children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Differences between groups are shown on the last column (Kruskal-Wallis test and Dunn's post hoc test, p<0.05).
| Eutrophic (EG) n=10 | Overweight /Obese (OG) n=9 | Duchenne (DG) n=10 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean (SD) | Median | Minimum Maximum | Mean (SD) | Median | Minimum Maximum | Mean (SD) | Median | Minimum Maximum | p-value |
| Age | 8.20 (1.7) | 8.50 | 6.00 11.00 | 8.11 (1.8) | 8.00 | 6.00 11.00 | 8.20 (1.7) | 8.50 | 6.00 11.00 | ns |
| Weigth | 27.60 (2.6) | 28.00 | 23.00 31.00 | 40.67 (13.7) | 39.00 | 26.00 69.00 | 34.31 (12.7) | 32.85 | 20.80 66.70 | *P<0.05 |
| Height | 132.7 (7.0) | 132.75 | 122.50 141.00 | 138.22 (10. 7) | 139.50 | 124.00 154.00 | 126.40 (10.3) | 125.50 | 113.00 147.00 | ns |
| BMI | 15.68 (1.0) | 15.85 | 14.00 17.00 | 20.72 (3.8) | 20.10 | 16.90 29.10 | 20.86 (4.4) | 20.00 | 15.40 30.90 | ‡P<0.05 |
*
EG≠ OG and DG=EG;
‡
EG≠ DG; EG≠ OG and DG=OG
ns = non-significant.