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. 2020 Jan 14;7:548. doi: 10.3389/fped.2019.00548

Table 2.

Descriptive summary of participant characteristics, diet, and task performance.

Mean SD
Sex, females/males 23/34
Maternal level of education n (%)
   High school graduate n (%) 1 (2)
   Some college n (%) 10 (20)
   Bachelor's degree n (%) 14 (28)
   Advanced degree n (%) 25 (50)
Age, years 5.0 0.6
BMI-for-age %ile 51.8 33.7
   Underweight, n (%) 4 (7)
   Normal or healthy, n (%) 40 (70)
   Overweight, n (%) 4 (7)
   Obese, n (%) 9 (16)
Whole body fat, % 30.1 6.4
Visceral adipose tissue, g 111.9 67.7
Total Healthy Eating Index-2015 54.2 14.2
   Total fruits 3.4 1.6
   Whole fruits 4.0 1.5
   Total Vegetables 2.0 1.2
   Greens and beans 1.2 1.5
   Whole grains 4.2 1.1
   Dairy 2.8 1.9
   Total protein Foods 4.9 3.2
   Seafood and plant proteins 8.1 2.4
   Fatty acids 3.5 2.8
   Refined grains 4.6 3.4
   Sodium 5.1 2.6
   Added sugars 4.9 4.0
   Saturated fats 5.5 2.6
General Intellectual Ability, standard score 109.1 14.2
   Memory for names 108.3 10.1
   Sound blending 100.2 14.2
   Verbal analogies 106.4 17.8
   Visual closure 101.7 11.1
   Rapid picture naming 107.0 12.9
Early academic skills, standard score 101.4 14.3
   Letter word recognition 99.8 15.5
   Number sense 111.1 15.5
   Writing 98.3 14.3
Expressive language, standard score 110.3 16.0
   aPicture vocabulary 111.0 11.6
   aSentence repetition 108.2 16.4
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Tests also included in the General Intellectual Ability-Early Development cluster.