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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2016 Feb 3;101:23–30. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.003

Table 1.

Urban Hispanic Children and Familial Characteristics

Hispanic Children Characteristics, n=187 Percentage (%) or mean ± SD
  Gender, %
    Male 47
    Female 53
  Age, y 11.9 ± 1.4
  Hispanic Ethnicity, %
    Mexican descent 77
    Puerto Rican descent 23
  BMI percentile categoriesb
    Healthy weight: ≥ 5 to 85th percentile 47
    Overweight: ≥ 85 to < 95th percentile 25
    Obese: ≥ 95th percentile 28
  BMI z-scorea 0.9 ± 0.9
  PACER z-scorec 0.4 ± 0.9
  HOMAIR, n = 99 4.0 ± 2.5
    Glucose, mg/dL 89.3 ± 7.2
    Insulin, uIU/mL 17.9 ± 10.5
Familial Characteristics, n=173
  BMI, kg/m2
    Fathers, n=101 29.0 ± 4.9
    Mothers, n=143 28.0 ± 5.5
  Family Income, $/year
    0 to <23,000 38
    23 to <35,000 28
    35 to <50,000 18
    ≥50,000 16

SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; PACER, Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run; HOMAIR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.