Table 3.
(a) | ||||||||
Group | n | Sex | Median Age | IQR | p-Value | Min Age | Max Age | |
Female | Male | |||||||
VN | 69 | 31 | 38 | 2.0 | 1.0–6.0 | 0.003 | 0.5 | 18 |
VG | 79 | 44 | 35 | 4.5 | 2.6–8.0 | 0.5 | 18 | |
OM | 52 | 25 | 27 | 4.5 | 2.0–10.9 | 0.75 | 18.5 | |
(b) | ||||||||
Variable | Omnivore | Vegetarian | Vegan | p-Value | ||||
Med | IQR | Med | IQR | Med | IQR | |||
height percentile | 45.0 | 23.0–70.0 | 48.0 | 24.7–70.0 | 48.0 | 28.0–73.0 | 0.883 | |
weight percentile | 44.0 | 16.0–65.5 | 47.0 | 20.5–70.0 | 40.0 | 11.0–65.0 | 0.386 | |
BMI percentile | 40.0 | 19.5–55:0 | 42.0 | 25.0–67.0 | 35.0 | 14.0–65.0 | 0.529 | |
n (total) | n (total) | n (total) | p-Value | |||||
height ≤3 perc. |
2 (52) | 3 (69) | 2 (79) | 1.000 | ||||
weight ≤3 perc. |
5 (52) | 4 (69) | 6 (79) | 0.588 | ||||
BMI ≤3 perc. |
1 (52) | 0 (69) | 7 (79) | 0.003 |
n = of children in a given percentile category, total = total number of children in the diet group, the p-value was calculated using Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. p < 0.05 was considered significant. med = median. perc. = percentile.