Table 1.

Participant physical characteristics

	Group with CP	TD Group
Number of subjects	25	25
Age (years)	14.7 ± 3.0*	16.8 ± 3.3*
Age range (years)	10.2–23.1	10.6–23.2
Gender (m,f)	19, 6	19, 6
Body mass (kg)	51.1 ± 16.3*	65.1 ± 12.5*
Height (m)	1.59 ± 0.14*	1.72 ± 0.13*
BMI	20.0 ± 4.0	21.7 ± 2.1
Ethnicity	24 white caucasion, 1 mixed.	24 white caucasion, 1 black.
GMFCS level I	6	–
GMFCS level II	14	–
GMFCS level III	5	–

Mean ± standard deviation for the physical characteristics of the CP and TD groups and number of CP participants in each GMFCS level. * Denotes significant difference between groups (p < 0.05)