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. 2021 Sep 29;129(9):097011. doi: 10.1289/EHP9424

Table 2.

Child characteristics at follow-up, overall and by sex (mean±SD) (n=206): The Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study.

Variable Overall (n=206) Males (n=93) Females (n=113)
Age (y) 12.3 (0.7) 12.4 (0.7) 12.3 (0.7)
Tanner stage [n (%)]
 1 22 (11) 16 (17) 6 (5)
 2 54 (26) 30 (32) 24 (21)
 3 58 (28) 23 (25) 35 (31)
 4 42 (20) 15 (16) 27 (24)
 5 29 (14) 9 (10) 20 (18)
 Missing 1 0 1
Whole-body lean mass (kg) 32.8 (8.3) 32.3 (8.6) 33.2 (8.0)
LBMI z-scorea 0.30 (1.22) 0.46 (1.19) 0.17 (1.24)
BMC (g)
 Whole-body less head 1,215.5 (321.7) 1,158.5 (318.4) 1,262.4 (318.2)
 Total hip 25.0 (6.7) 25.4 (7.5) 24.7 (5.9)
 Femoral neck 3.7 (0.8) 3.4 (0.8) 3.7 (0.8)
 Forearm 1.4 (0.3) 1.4 (0.3) 1.5 (0.3)
 Spine 38.5 (11.6) 35.0 (10.3) 41.4 (12.0)
BMC z-score
 Whole-body less headb 0.05 (0.82) 0.19 (0.78) 0.06 (0.84)
 Total hipb 0.07 (0.92) 0.12 (0.95) 0.04 (0.89)
 Femoral neckb 0.23 (0.97) 0.12 (0.95) 0.32 (0.99)
 Forearmb 0.10 (0.97) 0.05 (0.93) 0.22 (0.98)
 Spineb 0.10 (0.85) 0.02 (0.85) 0.16 (0.85)
BMD
 Whole-body less head aBMD (g/cm2) 0.82 (0.09) 0.80 (0.09) 0.84 (0.09)
 Total hip aBMD (g/cm2) 0.85 (0.14) 0.83 (0.13) 0.86 (0.14)
 Femoral neck aBMD (g/cm2) 0.79 (0.14) 0.78 (0.12) 0.81 (0.15)
 Forearm aBMD (g/cm2) 0.60 (0.06) 0.59 (0.06) 0.61 (0.06)
 Ultradistal forearm aBMD (g/cm2) 0.35 (0.06) 0.34 (0.05) 0.35 (0.06)
 Spine BMAD (g/cm3) 0.23 (0.04) 0.21 (0.03) 0.24 (0.04)
BMD z-score
 Whole-body less head aBMDb 0.39 (0.90) 0.47 (0.87) 0.32 (0.93)
 Total hip aBMDb 0.02 (1.07) 0.09 (1.09) 0.03 (1.06)
 Femoral neck aBMDb 0.04 (1.07) 0.14 (1.01) 0.04 (1.04)
 Forearm aBMDb 0.24 (0.93) 0.20 (0.88) 0.27 (0.98)
 Ultradistal forearm aBMDb 0.26 (1.15) 0.12 (0.98) 0.38 (1.26)
 Spine BMADc 0.31 (1.02) 0.27 (1.00) 0.35 (1.04)

Note: aBMD, areal bone mineral density; BMC, bone mineral content; BMD, bone mineral density; BMAD, bone mineral apparent density; BMI, body mass index; LBMI, lean body mass index; SD, standard deviation.

a

Age- and sex-specific whole-body LBMI z-score.

b

Height-for-age adjusted age-, sex-, and population ancestry-specific z-score.

c

Age-, sex-, and population ancestry-specific z-score.