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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Gender and race influence metabolic benefits of fitness in children: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

(n = 203)

Male

(n = 102)

Female

(n = 101)

NHW

(n = 94)

Racially diverse

(n = 109)

Age (years)

12.2(±0.9)

12.2(±0.8)

12.2(±1.0)

12.2(±0.9)

12.1(±0.9)

BMI z-score

0.64(±1.00)

0.63(±1.07)

0.64(±0.95)

0.37(±0.93)

0.86(±1.01)

Overweight

40(19.7%)

21(20.6%)

19(18.8%)

20(21.3%)

20(18.3%)

Obese

37(18.2%)

20(19.6%)

17(16.8%)

6(6.4%)

31(28.4%)

Fitness (PACER laps)

32.4(±17.2)

37.5(±19.5)

27.2(±12.5)

36.2(±18.5)

29.0(±15.2)

  1. Data are means ± SE. "Overweight" and "Obese" represent the individuals whose BMI is between the 85-95th %ile and >95th %ile, respectively, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics for age and sex