Table 1.
Description of all study participants in the Healthy Weight Control (HWC) and Adolescents with Obesity (OB) cohort.
| Characteristics | HWC | OB |
|---|---|---|
| Participants | 71 | 223 |
| Sex (F/M/NA#) | 38/32/1 (54/45/1%) | 132/88/0 (60/40/0%) |
| Intervention: | ||
| Lifestyle | 167 (74.9%) | |
| Low Carb | 14 (6.3%) | |
| Pharmaceuticals | 36 (16.1%) | |
| Surgery | 6 (2.7%) | |
| Race: | ||
| Black | 39 (54.9%) | 111 (49.8%) |
| White | 26 (36.6%) | 88 (39.5%) |
| Black/White | 2 (2.8%) | 13 (5.8%) |
| Other | 2 (2.8%) | 8 (3.6%) |
| Missing Data | 2 (2.8%) | 0 |
| Ethnicity: | ||
| Hispanic | 13 (18.3%) | 43 (19.3%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 57 (80.3%) | 177 (79.4%) |
| Other | 1 (1.4%) | 0 |
| Average %95th BMI* | 75 ± 7 | 134 ± 32 |
| Average age at entry in years | 15.0 ± 1.8 | 13.5 ± 2.3 |
| Tanner stage 2/3/4/5/NA# | 11/12/23/24/1 (15.5/16.9/32.4/33.8/1.4%) | 61/38/58/59/4 (27.4/17.0/26.0/26.5/1.8%) |
Percentages of total are included in parentheses for numbers describing Race and Ethnicity. Numbers represent actual number of participants or mean result ± standard deviation.
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NA, Not Available
*:
percent of the BMI value at the 95th percentile