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. 2012 Aug 3;15(11):2047–2053. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012003217

Table 1.

Demographic and anthropometric characteristics by ethnicity among participants in the 2010 Fitness and Metabolic Health (FIT) Study who completed a Block Kids 2004 FFQ (n 145)

Total White Hispanic Black Asian Multi-racial/other
(n 145) (n 55) (n 47) (n 12) (n 15) (n 16)
Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd Mean sd P
Age (years)* 11·4 1·6 10·9 1·5 11·7 1·5 11·3 1·8 11·3 1·7 12·1 1·7 0·06
Height (m)* 1·51 0·10 1·50 0·09 1·52 0·11 1·55 0·10 1·46 0·09 1·55 0·09 0·10
Weight (kg)* 51·2 16·2 47·3 15·6 56·0 16·7 49·8 13·9 46·4 15·1 56·3 15·6 0·03
BMI Z-score* 0·86 1·0 0·59 1·0 1·30‡ 0·9 0·51 1·2 0·68 1·1 1·00 0·9 0·01
Female (%)† 60·7 60·0 57·5 50·0 60·0 81·3 0·46
Pubertal (% yes)† (n 144) 48·6 37·0 53·2 66·7 40·0 68·8 0·10
Free/reduced-price school lunch (%)† 73·8 41·2 100 91·7 66·7 100 <0·001

*Analysed with one-way ANOVA test.

†Analysed with the Pearson χ 2 test.

‡Mean value was significantly different from that of whites (P < 0·01, ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni).