Table 1.
Descriptive data.
| Girls | Boys | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | X | SD | x | SD | |
| N | 135 | 106 | |||
| Age | Years | 11.9 | 2.3 | 12.1 | 2.3 |
| Tanner | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | |
| Weight | k | 62.4 | 16.8 | 69.0 | 21.2 |
| Height | m | 1.52 | 0.11 | 1.55 | 0.12 |
| BMI | k/m² | 26.7 | 4.5 | 28.1 | 5.8 |
| z Score BMI | 5.1 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.9 | |
| Overweight (IOTF cut off points) | % | 47 | 37 | ||
| Obesity (IOTF cut off points) | % | 53 | 63 | ||
| Fat Free Mass | % | 56.6 | 6.4 | 57.6 | 6.8 |
| Fat Mass | % | 40.6 | 6.4 | 39.3 | 6.6 |
| VO2max | mL O²/k/min | 25.5 | 5.1 | 27.9 | 6.1 |
| Systolic BP | MmHg | 116 | 19 | 120 | 13 |
| Diastolic BP | MmHg | 61 | 12 | 65 | 10 |
| Fasting Glucose | mmol/L | 4.7 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Fasting Insulin | mU/L | 10.4 | 5.4 | 10.9 | 7.2 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | |
| HDL Cholesterol | Mmol/L | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| LDL Cholesterol | mmol/L | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| Triglycerides | mmol/L | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| AST | IU/L | 23 | 8 | 24 | 7 |
| ALT | IU/L | 24 | 7 | 28 | 17 |
| Sedimentation rate | 13 | 6 | 12 | 7 | |
| Fibrinogen | g/L | 3.6 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.7 |