TABLE 3.
Anthropometric measures and sUA levels by age and gender, N = 111
| Age | <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 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 18.34 ± 4.00 | 18.34 ± 2.55 | 15.94 ± 1.57 | 18.44 ±3.64 | 20.05 ± 5.26 | 19.08 ± 4.63 | 23.5 ± 5.80 | 20.98 ± 3.84 | 29.98 ± 2.37a | 32.51 ± 7.76 |
| [M ± SD] (Range) | (16.0–24.3) | (15.4–20.1) | (13.8–18.3) | (13.1–25.8) | (14.3–32.2) | (15.4–31.2) | (18.8–37.1) | (16.4–25.8) | (26.3–34.9) | (20.1–50) |
| BMI Percentilea,b | 0.43 ± 0.38 | 0.82 ± 0.23 | 0.55 ± 0.36 | 0.73 ± 0.33 | 0.71 ± 0.32 | 0.71 ± 0.21 | 0.66 ± 0.17 | 0.59 ± 0.41 | 0.70 ± 0.20 | 0.71 ± 0.23 |
| [M ± SD] (Range) | (0.13–0.99) | (0.55–0.97) | (0.02–0.95) | (0.03–0.99) | (0.04–0.99) | (0.39–0.99) | (0.45–0.99) | (0.05–0.94) | (0.23–0.93) | (0.19–0.99) |
| Waist:Hip(cm) | 0.99 ± 0.04 | 0.96 ± 0.03 | 0.95 ± 0.05 | 0.95 ± 0.06 | 0.92 ± 0.07 | 0.87 ± 0.05 | 0.91 ± 0.07 | 0.86 ± 0.04 | 0.97 ± 0.04 | 0.87 ± 0.06 |
| [M ± SD] (Range) | (0.932–1.02) | (0.927–0.98) | (0.89–1.03) | (0.86–1.06) | (0.79–1.02) | (0.79–0.99) | (0.79–0.98) | (0.81–0.90) | (0.92–1.06) | (0.69–1.02) |
| sUA (pg/mL) | 2.12 ± 0.98 | 1.11 ± 0.68 | 2.06 ± 1.35 | 3.09 ± 1.09a | 1.52 ± 1.03 | 1.53 ± 1.12 | 1.98 ± 1.30 | 1.51 ± 0.75 | 3.10 ± 2.00 | 2.17 ± 1.29 |
| [M ± SD] (Range) | (1.31–3.51) | (0.46–1.82) | (0.70–5.09) | (1.18–5.34) | (0.37–4.04) | (0.35–4.38) | (0.096–3.81) | (0.80–2.72) | (0.81–7.86) | (0.41–5.45) |
Descriptive statistics calculated in Stata 12.1.
Body Mass Index (BMI).
M (Male) F (Female).
a
CDC/NCHS age-sex-specific growth charts youth 2–20 years of age, available 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 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity_adult_07_08/obesity_adult_07_08.pdf.