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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 16.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Sep 16;19(3):560–567. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.205

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the study population.

Lean Obese
N 18 17
Age (years ± s.e.) 8.4 ± 0.3 8.6 ± 0.3
Age (range) 6–10 6–10
Race (% white) 83 87
Gender (% female) 61 47
Weight (kg ± s.e.) 28.6 ± 1.2 54.9 ± 4.7*
BMI (kg/m2 ± s.e.) 16.65 ± 0.36 27.81 ± 1.66*
Z-score (±s.e.) 0.22 ± 0.16 2.40 ± 0.09*
BMI percentile 56.67 ± 5.42 97.76 ± 0.16*
*

P < 0.00001 compared to lean by unpaired two-tailed t-test.