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Clinical characteristics of 175 asymptomatic adolescents with central obesity second ethnicity (mean ± SD)
| Variable | Nonwhite (n = 125) | White (n = 50) |
| Sex F/M (%) | 58.4/41.6 | 44.0/5.0 |
| Age (yr) | 13.74 ± 2.02 | 13.70 ± 2.00 |
| BMI (kg/m2 ) | 27.41 ± 3.27 | 26.64 ± 3.26 |
| WC (cm) | 88.09 ± 7.76 | 88.65 ± 9.26 |
| AST (U/L) | 24.11 ± 4.83a | 26.53 ± 6.77 |
| ALT (U/L) | 31.41 ± 7.32 | 32.96 ± 13.70 |
| GGT (U/L) | 22.03 ± 6.68 | 21.04 ± 11.69 |
P < 0.05 vs white.
