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Table 1 Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Study Participants by Group: Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis versus Healthy Controls

From: Serine, N-acetylaspartate differentiate adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis compared with healthy controls: a metabolomics cross-sectional study

Descriptor

JIA Group (n = 19)

Control Group (n = 20)

χ2

p

n

%

n

%

Sex

 Male

6

32

6

30

0.011

0.915

 Female

13

68

14

70

  

Race

 Black

1

5

2

10

0.308

0.579

 White

18

95

18

90

  

Ethnicity

 Hispanic/Latino

6

32

7

35

0.051

0.821

 Not Hispanic/Latino

13

68

13

65

  
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

p

Age (years)

15.0

1.4

14.3

1.4

1.636

0.110

BMI percentile

57.5

28.2

57.5

27.1

0.003

0.998

Pain Visual Analog Scale

2.1

2.1

0.5

1.0

−3.229

0.003*

  1. *Significant at the p < 0.05 level