Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of obese and control children

	Control girls (n = 27)	Obese girls (n = 36)	p value	Control boys (n = 29)	Obese boys (n = 30)	p value
Age, years	7.64±1.49	8.41±1.27	<0.0001	7.77±1.56	8.51±1.33	<0.0001
Weight, kg	26.70±7.66	49.45±12.19	<0.0001	24.50±6.16	50.05±10.37	<0.0001
Weight, SDS	−0.16±1.33	2.01±0.57	<0.0001	−0.34±1.38	2.10±0.65	<0.0001
Height, cm	123.72±10.91	136.16±10.89	<0.001	122.14±11.46	137.64±9.25	<0.001
Height, SDS	0.064±1.43	1.19±0.85	<0.0001	−0.2±1.6	1.02±0.95	<0.0001
BMI kg/m2	17.06±2.23	26.27±3.58	<0.001	16.18±1.66	26.22±3.55	<0.001
BMI, SDS	−0.09±0.89	2.02±0.41	<0.0001	−0.07±2.35	2.06±0.53	<0.0001

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

p value <0.05.