Table 1.

The general characteristics of the study participants^a

	Boys (n = 24)	Girls (n = 24)	Total population (n = 48)	P value
Age (y)	10.62 ± 1.05	10.91 ± 0.92	10.77 ± 0.99	0.31
Weight (kg)	57.20 ± 11.28	52.20 ± 8.58	54.70 ± 10.23	0.09
Height (m)	1.46 ± 0.11	1.48 ± 0.06	1.47 ± 0.09	0.59
BMI (Kg/m2)	26.25 ± 2.50	23.68 ± 3.17	24.96 ± 3.11	0.003

^aValues are reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Analyses were done using independent samples t-test