Table 2 Child/adolescent descriptive characteristics by study group

N

23

32

–

Sex (M, F)

13, 10

20, 12

0.655^a

Age (years)

11.7 ± 2.5

10.9 ± 2.6

0.268^b

Birthweight (kg)

3.67 ± 0.58

3.38 ± 0.59

0.071

Height (m)

1.49 ± 0.17

1.44 ± 0.17

0.250

Weight (kg)

42.3 ± 15.3

41.3 ± 21.6

0.473^b

BMI (kg/m²)

18.3 ± 3.1

18.9 ± 4.7

0.720^b

Total fat mass (kg)

8.7 ± 5.1

10.4 ± 9.4

0.746^b

Total lean mass (kg)

31.5 ± 10.5

29.1 ± 11.9

0.298^b

Percent fat mass (%)

19.9 ± 5.3

22.8 ± 7.6

0.131^b

Percent lean mass (%)

75.4 ± 5.4

73.1 ± 7.4

0.204

Physical activity score (1–5 scale)

3.35 ± 0.69

3.05 ± 0.71

0.117

Overweight/Obese prevalence

8%

17%

0.374