Table 2 Anthropometric and socio-demographic data of the excluded and remaining participants in the ACARFS study

School Year 4 (%)

58.6*

51.2*

Female (%)

65.5*

56.2*

56.2

56.1

Age (years) -mean ± SD

10.8 (±1.1)^†

11.0 (±1.1)^†

10.0 (±0.4)

12.1 (±0.4)

Height (cm) -mean ± SD

146.8 (±7.7)^†

145.7 (±9.4)^†

139.4 (±6.7)

152.4 (±6.9)

Weight (kg) -mean ± SD

40.9 (±7.4)^†

41.0 (±10.8)^†

35.9 (±8.3)

46.3 (±10.6)

BMI (kg/m²) -mean ± SD

18.9 (±2.6)^†

19.1 (±3.5)^†

18.4 (±3.2)

19.8 (±3.5)

BMI z-score -mean

0.73 (±1.1)^†

0.67 (±1.2)^†

0.63 (±1.2)

0.72 (±1.1)

Overweight (%)^a

20.7^†

22.3†

21.2

23.4

Obese (%)^a

6.9^†

5.8^†

6.5

5.1