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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2019 Jul 3;45(2):161–168. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0129

Table 2.

Physical characteristics of participants

6 – 12 years old 13 – 18 years old All Participants
(n = 50) (n = 39) (N = 89)
Age (years; mean (SD)) 9.7 (2.1) 15.6 (1.3) 12.3 (3.4)
Female (n (%)) 25 (50.0%) 20 (51.3%) 45 (50.6%)
Height (cm; mean (SD)) 139.4 (14.7) 167.0 (9.3) 151.5 (18.7)
Weight (kg; mean (SD)) 33.6 (9.8) 61.0 (14.9) 45.6 (18.3)
BMI classification (n (%))
 < 5th percentile 3 (6.0%) 1 (2.6%) 4 (4.5%)
 5th - < 85th percentile 41 (82.0%) 31 (79.5%) 72 (80.9%)
 85th - < 95th percentile 6 (12.0%) 2 (5.1%) 8 (9.0%)
 ≥ 95th percentile 0 (0.0%) 5 (12.8%) 5 (5.6%)