Results of a referral-based weight management program targeted toward children aged 2 to 6 years with obesity or severe obesity

Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric and clinical characteristics of the study sample at baseline

	Combined	Male	Female	P-value
N (% Hispanic)	55 (65%)	24 (58%)	31 (71%)	0.328
Age, yrs	4.5 ± 1.3	4.7 ± 1.4	4.3 ± 1.3	0.256
Height, cm	107.6 ± 11.0	109.5 ± 11.1	106.2 ± 10.9	0.279
Weight, kg	26.4 ± 8.1	27.7 ± 8.7	25.4 ± 7.6	0.309
BMI, kg/m²	22.3 ± 3.3	22.5 ± 3.4	22.1 ± 3.2	0.600
%BMI_p95	121.4 ± 18.2	123.6 ± 19.7	119.8 ± 17.1	0.445
% with obesity ¹	56.4%	50.0%	61.3%	0.402
SBP, mmHg	104.9 ± 9.1	105.8 ± 9.9	104.2 ± 8.6	0.523
% ≥ 90th percentile	53.7%	60.9%	48.4%	0.363
CHOL, mg/dL	162.8 ± 31.3	165.9 ± 36.7	160.3 ± 26.4	0.556
% ≥ 200 mg/dL	8.7%	9.5%	8.0%	0.855
LDL, mg/dL	93.7 ± 30.5	96.6 ± 37.6	91.2 ± 23.1	0.562
% ≥ 130 mg/dL	6.7%	9.5%	4.2%	0.472
TG, mg/dL	122.1 ± 88.9	110.9 ± 74.1	131.4 ± 100.2	0.441
% ≥ 100 mg/dL	54.3%	42.9%	64.0%	0.152
FNPA score	56.7 ± 7.5	58.1 ± 6.7	55.2 ± 8.1	0.197

Values reported as frequencies, percentages (%) or mean ± SD
¹Percentage of the sample classified as obese (≥ 100% of 95th BMI percentile). The remaining percentage was severely obese (≥ 120% of 95th BMI percentile)
BMI body mass index
SBP systolic blood pressure (N = 54, 43% male; 67% Hispanic)
CHOL cholesterol (N = 46; 46% male; 72% Hispanic)
LDL low density lipoprotein (N = 45; 47% male; 71% Hispanic)
TG triglyceride (N = 46, 46% male; 72% Hispanic)
FNPA Family Nutrition and Physical Activity (N = 45; 51% male; 64% Hispanic)

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