TABLE 2.
Anthropometric measures and salivary uric acid (sUA) levels for Mexican-origin children and adults by developmental stage
| Infants | Early childhood | Middle childhood | Adolescence | Adult | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2 years | 2–5 years | 6–12 years | 13–18 years | 19+ years | ||||||
| Gender | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| N = 111 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| BMI Percentileab (M ± SD) (Range) | 0.43 ± 0.38 (0.13–0.99) | 0.82 ± 0.23 (0.55–0.97) | 0.55 ± 0.36 (0.02–0.95) | 0.73 ± 0.33 (0.03–0.99) | 0.71 ± 0.32 (0.04–0.99) | 0.71 ± 0.21 (0.39–0.99) | 0.66 ± 0.17 (0.45–0.99) | 0.59 ± 0.41 (0.05–0.94) | 0.70 ± 0.20 (0.23–0.93) | 0.71 ± 0.23 (0.19–0.99) |
| Waist:Hip (cm) (M ± SD) (Range) | 0.99 ± 0.04 (.932–1.02) | 0.96 ± 0.03 (.927–0.98) | 0.95 ± 0.05 (0.89–1.03) | 0.95 ± 0.06 (0.86–1.06) | 0.92 ± 0.07 (0.79–1.02) | 0.87 ± 0.05 (0.79–0.99) | 0.91 ± 0.07 (0.79–0.98) | 0.86 ± 0.04 (0.81–0.90) | 0.97 ± 0.04 (0.92–1.06) | 0.87 ± 0.06 (0.69–1.02) |
| sUA (mg/ml) (M ± SD) (Range) | 2.12 ± 0.98 (1.31–3.51) | 1.11 ± 0.68 (0.46–1.82) | 2.06 ± 1.35 (0.70–5.09) | 3.09 ± 1.09 (1.18–5.34) | 1.52 ± 1.03 (0.37–4.04) | 1.53 ± 1.12 (0.35–4.38) | 1.98 ± 1.30 (0.096–3.81) | 1.51 ± 0.75 (0.80–2.72) | 3.10 ± 2.00 (0.81–7.86) | 2.17 ± 1.29 (0.41–5.45) |
BMI, body mass index; M, male; F, female. Descriptive statistics calculated in Stata 12.1.
a
CDC/NCHS age-sex-specific growth charts youth 2–20 years of age, Available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/growthcharts/training/modules/module2/text/module2print.pdf
b
Adult BMI percentiles based on NHANES 2007–2008 data, Available online at: http://198.246.102.49/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_adult_07_08/obesity_adult_07_08.pdf