Table 5.
Anthropometric data: percentiles of weight-for-age, height-for-age, BMI-for-age, and Z-scores of ASD and TD children stratified by gender.
| Anthropometrics | Boy | Girl | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASD | TD | p-value | ASD | TD | p-value | |
| ←mean ± SD → | ←mean ± SD → | |||||
| Weight-for-age | 49.8 ± 34.2 | 39.9 ± 32.1 | 0.250 | 43.7 ± 38.8 | 57.4 ± 31.3 | 0.228 |
| Stature-for-age | 45.4 ± 37.3 | 39.3 ± 34.2 | 0.508 | 33.5 ± 33.8 | 51.9 ± 29.2 | 0.076 |
| BMI-for-age | 58.4 ± 31.8 | 57.3 ± 27.2 | 0.889 | 60.3 ± 32.5 | 66.0 ± 26.7 | 0.550 |
| WAZ | −0.023 ± 1.57 | −0.340 ± 1.25 | 0.396 | −0.350 ± 1.68 | 0.220 ± 1.37 | 0.260 |
| HAZ | −0.135 ± 1.73 | −0.490 ± 1.69 | 0.418 | −0.620 ± 1.36 | −0.090 ± 1.28 | 0.231 |
| BAZ | 0.320± 1.36 | 0.190 ± 0.98 | 0.692 | 0.210 ± 1.73 | 0.620 ± 1.01 | 0.361 |
| BMI percentile | Boy | Girl | ||||
| ASD | TD | p-value | ASD | TD | p-value | |
| ←N (%) → | ←N (%) → | |||||
| Underweight | 3 (8.10) | 1 (3.80) | 0.175 | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.00) | 0.184 |
| Normal weight | 25 (67.6) | 20 (76.9) | 8 (53.3) | 17 (68.0) | ||
| Overweight | 2 (5.40) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (6.70) | 4 (16.0) | ||
| Obese | 7 (18.9) | 1 (3.80) | 4 (26.7) | 4 (16.0) | ||
ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder; TD, Typically Developing; WAZ, Weight-For-Age Z-score; HAZ, Height-For-Age Z-score; BAZ, BMI-For-Age Z-score; BMI, Body Mass Index.
Significant difference at p < 0.05. Independent-samples t-test, chi-square (χ2) test.