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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Aug 12;55(1):110–118. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003018

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of sample (n=217)^

Baseline Follow-up Difference p-value
Mean ± SD % Mean ± SD % Mean ± SD

Age 12.9 ± 1.9 14.8 ± 2.0
Male 48.2
Race
  White 58.1
  African American 36.4
  Other 5.5
Puberty
  Pre-puberty 12.4
  Peri-puberty 52.1
  Post-puberty 35.5
Movement Behaviors
Sedentary time (minutes/day) 591.2 ± 72.2
LPA (minutes/day) 241.2 ± 57.6
MPA (minutes/day) 25.2 ± 12.5
VPA (minutes/day) 10.1 ± 9.7
Sleep (hours/day) 8.7 ± 1.0
Weight Status and Adiposity
BMI Percentile 68.5 ± 31.5 71.2 ± 29.6 3.2 ± 15.0 0.003*
BMI category 0.001*
  Underweight 3.6 2.5
  Normal 53.4 51.5
  Overweight 12.2 14.5
  Obesity 30.9 31.5
Visceral Adipose Tissue (kg) 0.5 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.5 0.1 ± 0.2 0.001*
Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue (kg) 5.0 ±4.6 5.8 ± 5.3 0.8 ± 1.7 0.001*
Total Abdominal Adipose Tissue (kg) 5.5 ±5.0 6.4 ± 5.8 0.9 ± 1.8 0.001*
Lean mass (kg) 36.7 ± 10.3 43.3 ± 10.3 6.6 ± 5.2 0.001*
Fat mass (kg) 20.8 ± 13.9 24.0 ± 16.2 3.2 ± 5.9 0.001*

Visceral Adipose Tissue, Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue, Total Abdominal Adipose Tissue, Lean Mass, and Fat mass are presented without transformation in this table.

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BMI=Body Mass Index; LPA= Light Physical Activity; MPA= Moderate Physical Activity, VPA = Vigorous Physical Activity; assessed using paired t-tests and chi-square analysis

*

p<0.05