Validity of new child-specific thoracic gas volume prediction equations for air-displacement plethysmography

BMC Pediatrics

Table 1 Subject characteristics by ethnic group and gender

	European American	African American	European
Girls	N = 42	N = 23	N = 34
Age (yr)	11.6 ± 1.8	11.1 ± 2.2	14.8 ± 1.7
Height (cm)	152.3 ± 12.3	151.1 ± 13.6	164.2 ± 13.2
Weight (kg)	47.9 ± 13.2	51.1 ± 17.8	55.9 ± 14.6
BMI (kg/m²)	20.4 ± 4.4	22.0 ± 6.2	20.2 ± 2.7
Prevalence of overweight/obesity ¹	n = 11	n = 10	n = 2
Boys	N = 18	N = 20	N = 53
Age (yr)	11.1 ± 1.9	10.2 ± 1.5	15.2 ± 1.4
Height (cm)	151.4 ± 14.6	146.9 ± 12.6	177.3 ± 14.2
Weight (kg)	47.8 ± 16.5	48.1 ± 13.9	69.4 ± 14.7
BMI (kg/m²)	20.4 ± 4.7	22.0 ± 5.1	21.9 ± 2.8
Prevalence of overweight/obesity ¹	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8

Data are mean ± SD.
¹Prevalence of overweight/obesity according to international BMI standards in each ethnic-gender group [27].

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