Table 1: Comparison of anthropometric data for DS subjects living at Institution A and B.
| Male | Female | |||||||||
| Institution A n = 36 | Institution B n = 34 | p (< 0.05) | Institution A n = 23 | Institution B n = 27 | p(< 0.05) | |||||
| Age, mean (SD) | 48.6 | (13.5) | 23.3 | (5.7) | < 0.001 | 54.0 | (11.3) | 22.4 | (3.4) | < 0.001 |
| Hight (cm), mean (SD) | 149.3 | (5.8) | 153.2 | (7.0) | 0.020 | 139.6 | (6.2) | 140.9 | (6.4) | n.s.2 |
| Body weight (kg), mean (SD) | 49.9 | (8.6) | 57.2 | (11.2) | 0.005 | 43.8 | (6.4) | 49.6 | (11.7) | 0.042 |
| BMI1, mean (SD) | 22.4 | (3.6) | 24.4 | (4.8) | n.s. | 22.5 | (3.3) | 24.8 | (5.0) | n.s. |
1BMI: Body mass index
2n.s., no statistical significance