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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Sep 5;171(9):e171769. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1769

Table 3.

Percentage of Maximal Observed Value in Height, Lean Mass, and Whole-Body and Site-Specific Bone Mineral Content (BMC) at the Mean Age of Peak Height Velocity, by Sex and Self-reported Race

Variable % of Maximal Observed Value
African American Girls (n = 233) Non-African American Girls (n = 789) African American Boys (n = 246) Non-African American Boys (n = 746)
Height 90.4 90.1 90.3 90.0
WB LST 67.8 68.5 63.4 63.8
aLST 70.9 72.4 65.0 65.0
BMC
WB 58.3 60.2 56.7 58.8
Lumbar spine 50.3 49.9 50.8 48.2
Total hip 64.4 65.4 59.6 57.7
Femoral neck 71.4 70.0 66.7 66.0
Distal one-third radius 68.3 68.2 61.5 63.5
Ultradistal radius 55.8 56.5 52.0 52.5

Abbreviations: aLST, appendicular lean soft tissue; WB, whole body; WB LST, whole-body lean soft tissue.