. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2014 Dec 11;39(4):620–628. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2014.206

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics.

Characteristic	HW (N=13)	OB (N=10)	T or Chi Sq. value	DF	P value	Hedge’s g
Age at time of scanning (years)	10.4 ± 0.3 [8.0–12.0]	9.9 ± 0.3 [8.0–11.0]	1.03	20.97	0.31	0.4
Child BMI^a	17.7 ± 0.5 [14.8–20.0]	26.1 ± 1.0 [22.3–30.7]	−7.60	14.27	<0.001	−3.1
Child % BMI^a	53.9 ± 6.9 [7.0–83.0]	96.8 ± 0.5 [94.0–98.0]	−6.18	12.13	<0.001	−2.5
Child BMI-z^a	0.1 ± 0.2 [−1.5–1.0]	2.0 ± 0.1 [1.6–2.3]	−8.68	16.54	<0.001	−3.5
Sucrose Liking	0.6 ± 0.1 [0.2–1.1]	0.6 ± 0.1 [0.1–1.1]	−0.23	18.10	0.82	−0.1
EAH %^b	10.4 ± 3.1 [0.5–33.6]	16.6 ± 2.5 [6.0–30.2]	−1.54	19.81	0.14	−0.6

Note: Entries are of the form mean ± SD [min – max]. Statistical comparisons were by means of Welsh’s t-tests. BMI: body mass index; DF: degrees of freedom; EAH: Eating in the Absence of Hunger percent calories consumed; HW: healthy weight; OB: obese;

Equal variances not assumed;

one HW was missing responses on this measure.