. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Sep 23;240:280–283. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.033

Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Children with Obesity

	All Groups^* N = 12,945	Asian/PI N = 2136	Black N = 1293	Hispanic N = 6336	White N = 2552

Age, mean ± SD)	13.5 ± 2.4	13.2 ± 2.4	13.6 ± 2.4	13.4 ± 2.4	13.8 ± 2.4

Sex
Male	7087 (54.8%)	1412 (66.1%)	515 (39.8%)	3451 (54.5%)	1328 (52.0%)
Female	5858 (45.3%)	724 (33.9%)	778 (60.2%)	2885 (45.5%)	1224 (48.0%)

Obesity Severity
Moderate	7552 (58.3%)	1441 (67.5%)	614 (47.5%)	3591 (56.7%)	1557 (61.0%)
Severe	5393 (41.7%)	695 (32.5%)	679 (52.5%)	2745 (43.3%)	995 (39.0%)

Elevated ALT^‡	1003 (7.8%)	203 (9.5%)	29 (2.2%)	591 (9.3%)	138 (5.4%)

PI = Pacific Islander; ALT = alanine aminotransferase activity level

Includes 628 (4.9%) of other or unknown race/ethnicity

^‡

Clinically actionable elevated ALT level was defined according to the NASPGHAN guidelines: ≥44 U/L for girls and ≥52 U/L for boys (5)