Table 1.

Patient Characteristics.

Variables	Child Group	Young Adult Group	Elderly Group
No. of patients	10	8	6
Age, years	7.6 (6–12)	24.8 (22–27)	66.3 (60–73)
Gender, male, n (%)	6 (60%)	5 (62.5)	4 (66.7)
BMI (mean ± SEM; kg/m2)	20.4 ± 0.5	20.7 ± 0.8	21.4 ± 0.5

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SEM, standard error of mean.