Table 1.
Distribution of anthropometry, body composition, biochemical profile and clinical characteristics according to nutritional status among adolescents (n 160) aged 15 to 17 years, Juiz de Fora city, Brazil
| Eutrophic | Overweight | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean or median | sd or IQR | Mean or median | sd or IQR | P value |
| Age (years)† | 16·0 | 0·9 | 16·0 | 0·8 | 0·644 |
| Weight (kg) | 58·4 | 0·4 | 83·4 | 17·8 | <0·001* |
| Height (cm)† | 168·9 | 1·0 | 169·6 | 1·0 | 0·629 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20·4 | 2·9 | 29·0 | 5·0 | <0·001* |
| WC (cm) | 67·0 | 6·0 | 87·0 | 13·0 | <0·001* |
| %BF | 22·3 | 3·2 | 32·5 | 9·0 | <0·001* |
| FFM (kg)† | 45·2 | 0·9 | 57·4 | 1·0 | <0·001* |
| Fat (kg) | 12·7 | 7·2 | 26·5 | 11·9 | <0·001* |
| TC (mg/dl)† | 161·8 | 3·7 | 175·2 | 3·7 | 0·013* |
| HDL-C (mg/dl)† | 53·6 | 1·0 | 47·2 | 1·1 | <0·001* |
| LDL-C (mg/dl) | 88·0 | 41·0 | 109·3 | 5·0 | <0·001* |
| TAG (mg/dl) | 68·0 | 1·0 | 79·0 | 56·0 | 0·021* |
| Glucose (mg/dl)† | 85·2 | 0·9 | 83·9 | 1·0 | 0·383 |
| Insulin (U/ml) | 8·9 | 3·4 | 10·6 | 6·2 | <0·001* |
| HOMA-IR | 1·7 | 0·9 | 2·4 | 1·5 | <0·001* |
| 25(OH)D (nmol/l) | 25·5 | 15·0 | 22·2 | 10·4 | 0·005* |
| PTHi (nmol/l) | 40·0 | 22·3 | 42·3 | 20·0 | 0·208 |
| SBP (mmHg)† | 113·6 | 1·3 | 126·5 | 1·3 | <0·001* |
| DBP (mmHg) | 69·6 | 11·0 | 75·3 | 11·0 | <0·001* |
IQR, interquartile range; WC, waist circumference; %BF, percentage of body fat; FFM, fat-free mass; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, HDL-cholesterol; LDL-C, LDL-cholesterol; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; 25(OH)D, calcidiol; PTHi, intact parathyroid hormone; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.
*Significant result.
†These variables were parametric (mean and standard deviation) and compared between groups using Student's t test; otherwise, variables were non-parametric (median and IQR) and compared between groups using the Mann–Whitney test.