Table 2.
Participant characteristics
| Burned | P | Nonburned controls | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic† | Pretraining | Post-training | |||
| n (male/female) | 33 (22/11) | 33 (22/11) | – | 33 (22/11) | – |
| Age (y) | 11.8 ± 3.3 | 11.9 ± 3.3 | – | 12.2 ± 2.7 | 0.70 |
| Height (cm) | 144.8 ± 18.0‡ | 144.9 ± 17.6‡ | 0.49 | 154.0 ± 20.1 | 0.04 |
| Weight (kg) | 39.2 ± 11.2 | 41.7 ± 12.1 | 0.18 | 48.8 ± 22.1 | 0.10 |
| BMI (%tile) | 48.5 ± 31.1 | 57.1 ± 31.1 | 0.12 | 55.6 ± 25.0 | 0.82 |
| Fat mass (kg) | 11.6 ± 7.1 | 12.5 ± 9.5 | 0.32 | 11.7 ± 6.0 | 0.68 |
| Fat mass (% total body) | 26.8 ± 6.7‡ | 26.7 ± 6.4‡ | 0.46 | 23.2 ± 4.2 | <0.01 |
| Lean mass (kg) | 27.7 ± 8.4‡ | 29.4 ± 8.9‡ | 0.21 | 37.2 ± 17.1 | <0.02 |
| TBSA burn (%) | 49 ± 15 | – | – | – | – |
| TBSA third-degree burn (%) | 35 ± 22 | – | – | – | – |
BMI %ile, body mass index percentile for age; TBSA, total body surface area.
†Data reported as mean ± SD.
‡Statistically different from nonburned healthy controls.