Table 2. Baseline characteristics of participants.
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Experiment 1 |
Experiment 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n=12) | Girls (n=8) | P | Boys (n=6) | Girls (n=6) | P | |
| Age (years) | 12.08±0.23 | 11.88±0.35 | 0.6084 | 12.3±0.33 | 11.7±0.33 | 0.1877 |
| Weight (Kg) | 45.65±1.43 | 48.10±2.22 | 0.3430 | 46.9±2.14 | 45.3±2.05 | 0.5794 |
| Height (cm) | 157.13±2.32 | 159.56±2.47 | 0.4935 | 157.4±2.94 | 154.3±1.98 | 0.4048 |
| BMI (kg m−2) | 18.46±0.40 | 18.83±0.41 | 0.5437 | 18.9±0.45 | 18.9±0.69 | 0.9369 |
| BMI-for-age percentile | 55.71±6.94 | 57.73±7.56 | 0.8501 | 59.6±8.39 | 61.7±7.7 | 0.8577 |
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; BMI, body mass index.
Data are presented as means±s.e. One-factor ANOVA was used to compare group (boys vs girls) baseline characteristics.