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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2022 Mar 2;70(6):961–969. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.01.002

Table 1. Participant demographics.

Descriptive statistics for all variables of interest and covariates collected during baseline and/or Year 2. Values represent mean (s.d.) unless specified otherwise. Genetic ancestry scores were utilized for all analyses, but self-report race and ethnicity data are included here for ease of interpretability.

Baseline Year 2
Anthropometries Waist circumference (%ile) 59.56 (28.88) 62.04 (28.05)
Body Mass Index (%ile) 58.44 (30.52) 60.95 (30.60)
Underweight (%) 4.03 3.78
Healthy weight 68.71 65.14
Overweight 13.46 15.35
Obese 13.80 15.73

Brain imaging variables NAcc cellularity 0.21 (0.02) 0.22 (0.02)
NAcc volume (cm3) 5.80 (0.88) 5.76 (0.88)
Head motion (mm) 1.29 (0.52) 1.16 (0.44)

Participant demographics Age (yrs) 9.97 (0.61) 11.96 (0.63)
Sex (%F) 44.62
Puberty (stage)
Prepuberty 54.35% 22.54%
Early puberty 23.23% 26.07%
Mid puberty 21.69% 33.64%
Late puberty 0.73% 17.75%
Race/ethnicity (%)
White 64.63
Black 10.89
Hispanic 16.12
Asian 0.69
Other 7.67
Parent marital status (%M) 73.89
Parent income (%)
 < $50,000 24.13
$50,000 to $100,000 32.23
 > $100,000 43.63
Parent education (%)
No high school diploma 2.10
High school diploma or GED 5.14
Some college 25.42
Bachelor’s degree 30.78
Post-graduate degree 36.56


Dietary intake Dietary fat (g) 49.90 (21.80)
Dietary carbohydrates (g) 142.08 (55.14)
Dietary protein (g) 50.76 (21.48)
Dietary fiber (g) 10.36 (4.58)
Dietary caloric intake (kcal) 120.32 (46.85)