Whole-Body MRI and Ethnic Differences in Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Distribution in Overweight Black and White Adolescent Boys

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

	Black	White	P
n	19	21
Age (yr)	14.9 ± 1.6	14.1 ± 1.4	.098
Tanner stage (n)			.452
II	1	0
III	3	8
IV	2	2
V	13	11
Height (cm)	168.2 ± 7.3	170.6 ± 7.6	.316
Weight (kg)	95.4 ± 13.8	93.7 ± 14.2	.707
BMI (kg/m^2)	33.7 ± 4.3	32.1 ± 3.7	.202
BMI (percentile)	97.8 ± 3.9	98.3 ± 1.5	.530
Waist circumference (cm)	104.6 ± 12.4	106.8 ± 10.1	.532
Total AT (kg)	38.8 ± 11.7	39.5 ± 9.5	.846

Mean ± SD.