Table 5 |
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Anthropometric variables and age of the obesity and eutrophic group |
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Measures |
Groups |
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Eutrophic (n = 41) |
Obesity (n = 42) |
p-value* |
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Age (Year) |
8.9 ± 1.0 |
8.9 ± 1.0 |
0.9209 |
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BMI (kg/m2) |
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90th |
18.6 |
29.4 |
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Mean ± sd |
16.4 ± 1.5 |
25.1 ± 4.0 |
p < 0.00001 |
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10th |
14.8 |
21.1 |
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Waist circumference (cm) |
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90th |
63.0 |
89.3 |
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Mean ± sd |
57.2 ± 5.0 |
78.1 ± 8.8 |
p < 0.00001 |
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10th |
51.1 |
66.1 |
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Body fat percentage (%) |
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90th |
29.0 |
54.3 |
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Mean ± sd |
20.4 ± 6.7 |
39.9 ± 9.6 |
p < 0.00001 |
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10th |
12.0 |
31.0 |
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* by student-t test; BMI = body mass index |
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Balthazar and de Oliveira BMC Research Notes 2011 4:567 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-567 |
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