Table 1.
Comparisons of baseline characteristics stratified by sex
| Characteristics | Males (N = 476): Mean (SD), % | Females (N = 356): Mean (SD), % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HealthCorps (N = 351) | Comparison (N = 125) | p | HealthCorps (N = 260) | Comparison (N = 96) | p | |
| Age in years | 15.3 (1.3) | 15.4 (1.2) | 0.599 | 15.5 (1.4) | 15.4 (1.1) | 0.810 |
| Height in m | 1.72 (0.09) | 1.72 (0.08) | 0.866 | 1.61 (0.08) | 1.61 (0.07) | 0.555 |
| Weight in kg | 66.9 (15.0) | 67.7 (15.3) | 0.626 | 60.5 (13.9) | 58.4 (14.1) | 0.201 |
| BMI | 22.5 (4.3) | 22.8 (4.6) | 0.603 | 23.3 (5.0) | 22.6 (5.2) | 0.254 |
| BMI%-tile | 60.6 (31.2) | 61.4 (30.5) | 0.819 | 64.1 (28.3) | 57.9 (30.1) | 0.074 |
| BMIZ | 0.35 (1.20) | 0.38 (1.21) | 0.781 | 0.47 (1.06) | 0.29 (1.07) | 0.140 |
| Hispanic Ethnicitya | 44.6% | 39.5% | 0.324 | 44.3% | 37.5% | 0.250 |
| Overweight/Obese (BMI ≥ 85th%-tile) | 31.1% | 27.2% | 0.420 | 31.9% | 29.2% | 0.618 |
| Obese (BMI ≥ 95th%-tile) | 14.3% | 14.4% | 0.966 | 12.7% | 12.5% | 0.961 |
aN = 7 and N = 5 are missing for males and females, respectively