Table 2.
Mean Body Mass Index by Ethnicity
| Hispanic n= 168 |
Non-Hispanic n=88 |
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| Mean BMI (SD) | P value | Mean BMI (SD) | P value | |
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| Age group, years | .00a | .00a | ||
| 0–3 | 18.0 (2.6) | 16.2 (2.1) | ||
| 4–10 | 19.8 (7.1) | 17.5 (3.9) | ||
| 11–24 | 25.4 (8.1) | 23.0 (7.6) | ||
| Gender | .00b | .11b | ||
| Female | 24.7 (8.5) | 21.3 (7.4) | ||
| Male | 20.9 (6.9) | 18.9 (5.6) | ||
| Neuro. lesion level | .33a | .61a | ||
| Lumbar | 23.2 (8.6) | 21.5 (7.6) | ||
| Sacral | 20.8 (5.0) | 22.1 (5.4) | ||
| Thoracic | 23.8 (7.5) | 19.5 (7.7) | ||
| Neuro. lesion type | ||||
| Lipomyelo. | 21.4 (7.1) | .24a | 19.2 (5.9) | .22a |
| Myelo. | 22.4 (7.5) | 21.1 (7.1) | ||
| Other | 24.8 (9.4) | 17.4 (4.4) | ||
| Ambulatory status | .21a | .44a | ||
| Ambulatory | 21.5 (5.6) | 20.1 (5.7) | ||
| Assist device | 22.9 (8.2) | 19.7 (4.9) | ||
| Wheel chair | 24.3 (9.4) | 22.0 (9.4) | ||
Abbreviations: ANOVA, Analysis of variance; BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.
a
ANOVA test p value
b
T-test p value