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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sports Sci. 2018 Mar 8;36(19):2265–2271. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1449091

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the participants.

Structured Physical Activities (n=181) Free-Living Activity (n=42)

Age (yrs) ± SD (range) 12.0 ± 1.5 (8–15) 12.6 ± 0.8 (11–14)
  8–9 yr olds (n (%)) 25 (13.8%) 0.0
  10–11 yr olds (n (%)) 54 (29.8%) 9 (21.4%)
  12–13 yr olds (n (%)) 90 (49.7%) 32 (76.2%)
  14–15 yr olds (n (%)) 12 (6.6%) 1 (2.3%)
Height (cm) 152.3 ± 14.5 156.5 ± 10.2
Weight (kg) 52.1 ± 18.2 57.1 ± 16.5
Male (%) 53.6% 64.3%
BMI Classification (%)
  Normal Weight (5th-85th percentile) 57.2% 45.2%
  Overweight (85th-95th percentile) 17.8% 26.2%
  Obese (≥ 95th percentile) 25.0% 28.6%
Hispanic (%) 33.2% 21.4%
Race (%)
  Black/African American 51.4% 64.2%
  Native American/Alaskan 1.2% 0.0%
  Asian 12.1% 19.2%
  White 35.3% 16.6%