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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Evid Based Med. 2017 May;10(2):108–128. doi: 10.1111/jebm.12228

Table 2.

Initial physical characteristics of participants.

Exercise Control
Variable # Groups / Participants x̄ ± SD Mdn Range # Groups/Participants x̄ ± SD Mdn Range
Age (yrs) 37/1102 13.0 ± 2.7 14 8 - 17 30/778 12.5 ± 2.7 13 8 – 17
Height (cm) 27/821 158.0 ± 12.5 163 130 - 176 23/602 156.4 ± 12.8 160 127 – 175
Body weight (kg) 33/758 78.7 ± 18.5 81 35 - 107 27/622 75.8 ± 18.2 74 34 – 100
BMI z-score 16/730 2.4 ± 0.6 2.3 1.3 – 2.3 13/508 2.4 ± 0.6 2.3 1.3 – 3.2
Energy intake (kcals) 8/396 2248 ± 610 2160 1600-3278 5/181 2355 ± 754 2134 1614-3259

Notes: Groups (#), number of groups in which data were available; x̄ ± SD, mean ± standard deviation; Mdn, Median; BMI z-score, body mass index z-score; yrs, years; kg, kilograms; kcals, kilocalories.