Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical parameters of the study population

Age (Mean; SD)

9.47 (1.78)

Sex (n; %)

Male

133 (51.15)

Female

127 (48.85)

Ethnicity (n; %)

Asian

169(65.00)

African

91 (35.00)

Height meters (mean; SD)

1.35 (0.12)

Weight kg (mean; SD)

35.51 (13.02)

BMI continuous (kg/m²) (mean; SD)

19.19 (4.85)

BMI categorical* (n; %)

Underweight:

22 (8)

Healthy:

113 (43)

Overweight:

43 (17)

Obese:

82 (32)

PEFR (mean; SD)

238.32 (48.50)