Table 2.

Baseline anthropometrics and demographics

CharacteristicMarchSeptemberTotal
BoysGirlsBoysGirls
Sample size, n789832
Age (yrs)9.7 ± 0.49.7 ± 0.89.6 ± 0.69.3 ± 0.69.6 ± 0.6
Weight (kg)56.0 ± 9.153.1 ± 8.856.8 ± 15.658.8 ± 15.956.2 ± 12.6
Weight/age Z*2.35 ± 0.442.10 ± 0.582.31 ± 0.702.46 ± 0.712.31 ± 0.61
Height (cm)144.1 ± 4.1143.4 ± 5.7146.4 ± 8.0146.0 ± 10.1145.1 ± 7.2
Height/age Z*1.07 ± 0.621.03 ± 0.691.50 ± 0.041.67 ± 0.06
BMI (kg/m2)26.9 ± 3.625.8 ± 4.026.3 ± 6.227.5 ± 6.826.6 ± 5.2
BMI/age Z*2.19 ± 0.332.00 ± 0.452.07 ± 0.422.11 ± 0.532.09 ± 0.43
Body fat (%)41.3 ± 14.336.9 ± 5.335.4 ± 9.539.4 ± 8.838.1 ± 9.6
Mother's education (n)
    High school/GED303
    Some college or vocational training459
    College degree527
    >College257
Father's education (n)
    <High school/GED437
    Some college or vocational training549
    College degree325
    >College235
Family income, $ (n)
    <50,0006410
    ≥50,000–100,000448
    >100,000347
Ethnicity (n)
    American Indian/Alaska Native011
    Asian/Pacific Islander213
    Hispanic437
    Non-Hispanic white91221
  • Values provided as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.

  • * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Tanita.