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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 Jan 22;18(2):143–151. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12364

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

	Black	White	P
N	85	78
Age (yrs)	14.6 ± 0.2	14.8 ± 0.2	NS
Gender (N) (male/female)	32/53	35/43	NS
Tanner (N) (II–III/IV–V)	8/77	16/62	0.008
BMI (kg/m²)	34.1 ± 0.6	34.1± 0.7	NS
BMI percentile	97.6 ± 0.3	97.2 ± 0.4	NS
FM (kg)	38.8 ± 1.3	40.4 ± 1.5	NS
FFM (kg)	51.7 ± 1.0	51.0 ± 1.3	NS
%BF	41.5 ± 0.9	42.6 ± 0.8	NS
VAT (cm²)	49.1 ± 3.1	74.9 ± 3.5	<0.001
SAT (cm²)	458.1 ± 20.5	476.3 ± 21.8	NS
VAT-to-SAT ratio	0.12 ± 0.06	0.17 ± 0.07	<0.001
HbA_1c (%)	5.5 ± 0.1	5.3 ± 0.04	0.014
OGIS (ml.min^−1.m⁻²)^*	361.4 ± 7.3	349.6 ± 7.8	NS

FM = fat mass; FFM = fat-free mass; VAT = Visceral adipose tissue;

SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue; NS = not significant.

^*

OGIS= oral glucose insulin sensitivity, corrected for Tanner Stage