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Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2014 Sep 20;84:120–127. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.015

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

	Non-overweight (n = 29)		Persistently obese (n = 47)		t
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Adolescent
Age(years)	16.16	1.22	15.97	1.29	−0.65
BMI z-score^**	−0.02	0.76	2.46	0.37	19.19
Female	52%		55%		0.76^a
Female caregiver
Age (years)	43.66	8.46	44.84	7.34	0.62
BMI^**	26.63	6.97	35.60	10.04	4.22
White	59%		49%		0.41^a
Family
SES^*^,b	54.40	22.72	43.40	22.84	−2.04
Single caregiver home	75.9%		53%		0.48^a

SD, standard deviation.

Based on two-tailed independent t tests,

^*

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01.

^a

Chi-square value, nonsignificant.

^b

SES, socioeconomic status; based on Duncan TSE12. Higher score indicates greater occupational attainment.