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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Oct 25;25(12):2123–2127. doi: 10.1002/oby.22033

Table 1. Characteristics of the sample (n=230)*.

Variable N (%) or Mean (Standard Deviation)

All (n = 230) Male (n = 118) Female (n = 112)

 Age (years) 7.84 (0.66) 7.83 (0.61) 7.85 (0.70)
 Race/Ethnicity
   Non-Hispanic white 125 (54.35%) 61 (51.69%) 64 (57.14%)
   Black, non-Hispanic 35 (15.22%) 17 (14.41%) 18 (16.07%)
   Other, non-Hispanic 3 (1.30%) 3 (2.54%) 0 (0.00%)
  Biracial, non-Hispanic 44 (19.1%) 28 (23.73%) 16 (14.29%)
    Hispanic, any race 23 (10.00%) 9 (7.63%) 14 (12.50%)
 Weight status
   Non-Overweight 115 (50.00%) 67 (56.78%) 48 (42.86%)
   Overweight 54 (23.48%) 24 (20.34%) 30 (26.79%)
   Obese 61 (26.52%) 27 (22.88%) 34 (30.36%)
RRV, median (IQR) 320 (80-640) 320 (80-640) 320 (80-640)
ATDG 2.08 (1.22) 2.02 (1.17) 2.15 (1.28)
EAH 347.71 (155.49) 370.71 (167.32) 323.48 (138.63)
*

The 230 participants included in this analysis did not differ from the excluded participants (n=45) with regard to child sex, race/ethnicity, and overweight status. Child who were not included in the analysis were older, on average, than children who were included in the analysis (8.4 years (SD 0.9) vs. 7.8 years (SD 0.7), p=0.001).