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. 2022 Jan 26;14(3):535. doi: 10.3390/nu14030535

Table 3.

(a) Description of the basic characteristics of VG/VN/OM group. (b) Description of the basic characteristics of VG/VN/OM group.

(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.