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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participants

From: Ethnic differences in body fat distribution among Asian pre-pubertal children: A cross-sectional multicenter study

 

Chinese

Lebanese

Malay

Thai

P value

Boys

     

   N

127

74

105

83

 

   Age (yr)

9.0 ± 0.8

9.0 ± 0.7

9.0 ± 0.8

8.8 ± 0.8

0.327

   Height (cm)

138.4 ± 7.7

134.8 ± 8.0

131.4 ± 7.0

133.2 ± 5.9

<0.001

   Weight (kg)

38.2 ± 10.3

34.7 ± 9.7

33.1 ± 12.0

30.0 ± 6.0

<0.001

   BMI (kg/m2)

19.6 ± 3.7

18.8 ± 3.7

18.8 ± 5.3

16.8 ± 2.5

<0.001

   FM (kg)

11.4 ± 6.2

9.9 ± 6.3

10.0 ± 7.8

7.4 ± 3.7

<0.001

   FMadjusted (kg)

10.0 ± 0.2

9.7 ± 0.3

9.7 ± 0.2

10.2 ± 0.2

0.371

Girls

     

   N

93

80

92

104

 

   Age (yr)

9.0 ± 0.8

8.8 ± 0.7

9.0 ± 0.8

8.8 ± 0.8

0.285

   Height (cm)

136.3 ± 7.9

133.4 ± 7.9

133.0 ± 9.5

133.6 ± 8.2

0.023

   Weight (kg)

34.0 ± 9.1

31.0 ± 7.4

33.6 ± 12.0

31.9 ± 8.6

0.099

   BMI (kg/m2)

18.1 ± 3.4

17.2 ± 2.7

18.6 ± 4.7

17.6 ± 3.3

0.083

   FM (kg)

10.0 ± 5.3

8.7 ± 4.3

10.9 ± 7.2

10.0 ± 4.8

0.070

   FMadjusted (kg)

9.7 ± 0.2

9.7 ± 0.2

9.9 ± 0.2

10.4 ± 0.1

0.047

  1. FMadjusted: FM adjusted for age and BMI. Values were described as mean ± standard deviation except for FMadjusted (mean ± standard error)
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