Table 1.

General characteristics of the present study.

Variables	Total (n = 947)	Boys (n = 471)	Girls (n = 476)	P
Age (years)	11.69 ± 0.66	11.74 ± 0.65	11.64 ± 0.67	0.150
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.88 ± 0.42	4.92 ± 0.40	4.84 ± 0.44	0.007
BMI (kg/m2)	17.69 (16.05, 20.21)	17.84 (16.07, 20.52)	17.60 (16.03, 19.81)	0.369
Nutritional status				0.001
Non-overweight/obesity	742 (79.8%)	350 (75.4%)	392 (84.1%)
Overweight/obesity	188 (20.2%)	114 (24.6%)	74 (15.9%)
Glucose status				0.053
Normal blood glucose	912 (96.3%)	449 (95.3%)	463 (97.3%)
5.6–6.9 mmol/L (prediabetes)	33 (3.5%)	22 (4.7%)	11 (2.3%)
≥7.0 mmol/L (diabetes)	2 (0.2%)	0	2 (0.4%)
Physical activity				<0.001
≥1 h/day	344 (38.9%)	205 (45.8%)	139 (31.8%)
<1 h/day	541 (61.1%)	243 (54.2%)	298 (68.2%)
Soft drink				0.160
Yes	580 (61.2%)	299 (63.5%)	281 (59.0%)
No	367 (38.8%)	172 (36.5%)	195 (41.0%)
Fried chips/cakes/cookies				0.350
Yes	193 (21.8%)	103 (23.0%)	90 (20.5%)
No	694 (78.2%)	344 (77.0%)	350 (79.5%)
rs10832020				0.672
Genotyping [n (%)]
TT	473 (50.1%)	241 (51.3%)	232 (48.9%)
TC	375 (39.7%)	180 (38.3%)	195 (41.1%)
CC	96 (10.2%)	49 (10.4%)	47 (9.9%)
rs3789327				0.159
Genotyping [n (%)]
AA	438 (46.4%)	226 (48.1%)	212 (44.7%)
AG	417 (44.2%)	208 (44.3%)	209 (44.1%)
GG	89 (9.4%)	36 (7.7%)	53 (11.2%)
rs7950226				0.102
Genotyping [n (%)]
AA	333 (35.8%)	169 (36.7%)	164 (35.0%)
GA	458 (49.3%)	213 (46.3%)	245 (52.2%)
GG	138 (14.9%)	78 (17%)	60 (12.8%)
rs3816358				0.150
Genotyping [n (%)]
GG	658 (69.9%)	342 (72.8%)	316 (66.9%)
GT	260 (27.6%)	117 (24.9%)	143 (30.3%)
TT	24 (2.5%)	11 (2.3%)	13 (2.8%)

BMI body mass index.

P values <0.05 are set in bold.