Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the adult and adolescent study populations according to gender (mean ± SD).

	Adults			Adolescents
	Male	Female	p	Male	Female	p
Number	41	35		9	11
Age (years)	45 ± 16	46 ± 17	0.70	13 ± 2	12 ± 1	0.22
Height (m)	1.81 ± 0.07	1.68 ± 0.06	<0.001	1.63 ± 0.13	1.59 ± 0.08	0.46
Weight (kg)	80 ± 10	64 ± 10	<0.001	55 ± 14	50 ± 6	0.33
BSA (m2)	2.01 ± 0.15	1.73 ± 0.15	<0.001	1.56 ± 0.26	1.48 ± 0.13	0.38
BMI (kg/m2)	24.4 ± 2.3	22.7 ± 2.9	0.006	20.2 ± 2.6	19.7 ± 1.9	0.58
SBP (mmHg)	123 ± 9	123 ± 11	0.84	108 ± 10	108 ± 9	0.97
DBP (mmHg)	74 ± 7	72 ± 8	0.36	61 ± 3	61 ± 8	0.85

BMI = body mass index, BSA = body surface area,

DBP = diastolic blood pressure, SBP = systolic blood pressure.