Table 1.

Descriptive data of study sample, boys and girls

	Boys (n = 96)	Girls (n = 115)	All (n = 211)
Age (yrs)	11.07 ± 0.74	10.86 ± 0.68	10.96 ± 0.72
Body weight (kg)	45.4 ± 12.52	43.5 ± 11.4	44.35 ± 11.9
Height (cm)	151.3 ± 8.84	149.9 ± 8.9	150.6 ± 8.9
BMI	19.56 ± 3.72	19.14 ± 3.78	19.33 ± 3.75
Waist circumference (cm)	66.45 ± 9.35	64.14 ± 8.89*	65.19 ± 9.16
Waist-to-height ratio	0.44 ± 0.05	0.43 ± 0.05*	0.43 ± 0.05
Fat free mass (kg)	36.1 ± 6.75	33.45 ± 7.39*	34.6 ± 7.21
Body fat percent	18.2 ± 8.65	22.17 ± 5.51*	20.37 ± 7.37
Sum of skinfolds	40.4 ± 26.1	59.7 ± 29.2*	51.0 ± 29.4
APHV	13.78 ± 0.51	13.72 ± 0.42	13.75 ± 0.461

Value are presented as mean ± SD; * - p < 0.05 as compared with boys