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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Intellect Disabil Res. 2022 Nov 24;67(2):112–122. doi: 10.1111/jir.12995

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics and anthropometrics by body weight status for adolescents with Down syndrome

Healthy, n = 17 Overweight, n = 14 Obese, n = 15
Age 15.1 ± 1.8 16.2 ± 2.0 15.3 ± 1.2
Sex
 Female 6 (35) 10 (71) 6 (40)
 Male 11 (65) 4 (29) 9 (60)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (20)
 Non-Hispanic 17 (100) 14 (100) 12 (80)
Race
 Asian/Pacific Islander 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 African American 0 (0) 1 (7) 0 (0)
 Indian/Alaskan 1 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 White 13 (76) 10 (71) 14 (93)
 Multi-Race 2 (12) 3 (21) 1 (7)
Anthropometrics
 Weight (kg) 48.5 ± 7.4 60.1 ± 7.8 71.1 ± 13.7
 Fat Mass (kg) 10.3 ± 2.4 20.9 ± 3.6 27.3 ± 5.2
 Fat Free Mass (kg) 38.1 ± 7.1 39.2 ± 7.4 43.8 ± 10.8
 BMI 20.9 ± 1.7 26.4 ± 2.0 31.3 ± 2.6
 BMI Z-Score 0.3 ± 0.8 1.3 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.2
 BMI Percentile 60.8 ± 23.8 90.6 ± 3.4 97.7 ± 1.3
 Body Fat % 22.5 ± 5.2 36.4 ± 5.8 40.1 ± 5.7
 Android Fat % 18.5 ± 5.9 39.5 ± 7.2 44.7 ± 6.6
 Gynoid Fat % 24.7 ± 6.9 38.1 ± 7.2 40.7 ± 6.5

Mean ± standard deviation or frequency (percentage)