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Table 1 Summary statistics of participating children and parents

From: Associations of LEP, CRH, ICAM-1, and LINE-1 methylation, measured in saliva, with waist circumference, body mass index, and percent body fat in mid-childhood

 

All

Males

Females

Children

N (%)

431 (100)

210 (48.72)

221 (51.28)

 Mean age, years (SD)

12.86 (1.70)

12.77 (1.64)

12.93 (1.75)

Race/ethnicity

 Caucasian (%)

395 (92.72)

187 (90.78)

208 (94.55)

 Non-Caucasian (%)

31 (7.28)

19 (9.22)

12 (5.45)

Body mass index, kg/m2

 <85th percentile (%)

285 (65.67)

135 (64.29)

150 (66.96)

 85th to 95th percentile (%)

71 (16.36)

32 (15.24)

39 (17.41)

 ≥95th percentile (%)

78 (17.97)

43 (20.48)

35 (15.62)

Waist circumference z-score (%)

0.48 (0.92)

0.55 (0.95)

0.41 (0.89)

Percent body fat (SD)a

22.96 (11.31)

19.73 (11.18)

26.01 (10.57)

Received medical assistance (%)

154 (35.48)

82 (39.05)

72 (32.14)

Parents

N (%)

416 (100)

60 (14.42)

356 (85.58)

 Mean age, years (SD)

42.62 (8.22)

47.30 (8.40)

41.83 (7.93)

 Body mass index, kg/m2 (SD)

29.17 (7.48)

29.73 (5.78)

29.08 (7.73)

  1. This table shows characteristics of our sample stratified by sex
  2. aPercent body fat was available for only 430 children