Table 1 |
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Demographic characteristics of preschool children1 |
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Characteristic |
Total |
Boys |
Girls |
P-value2 |
|
(n = 23) |
(n = 16) |
(n = 7) |
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Race-ethnicity |
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Non-Hispanic white |
6 |
5 |
1 |
- |
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Non-Hispanic black |
8 |
6 |
2 |
- |
|
Mexican American/Hispanic |
3 |
3 |
0 |
- |
|
Others |
6 |
2 |
4 |
- |
|
Age, y |
4.6 ± 0.7 |
4.8 ± 0.7 |
4.1 ± 0.4 |
0.033 |
|
Weight, kg |
21.1 ± 3.3 |
21.2 ± 3.5 |
21.0 ± 3.2 |
0.922 |
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Height, cm |
114 ± 5.9 |
115 ± 6.3 |
113 ± 5.2 |
0.820 |
|
Body mass index3 |
16.1 ± 1.3 |
16.0 ± 1.3 |
16.3 ± 1.4 |
0.769 |
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1 Values are mean ± standard deviation 2 Comparison between boys and girls. Significance in the Mann-Whitney U test. Data were non-normal 3 Bodyweight in kg/height in m2 |
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LaCombe and Ganji Nutrition Journal 2010 9:53 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-9-53 |
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