Table 1.
Anthropometric, lipid profile, and clinical characteristics for boys and girls according to age.
| Boys | Girls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤12 | >12 | ≤12 | >12 | |||||||
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | P-value | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | P-value | |
| Weight (Kg) | 190 | 28.3 (8.3) | 283 | 52.1 (15.5) | <.005 | 208 | 29.8 (10.0) | 357 | 52.0 (13.2) | <.005 |
| Weight Z score | 190 | −0.81 (0.48) | 283 | 0.54 (0.88) | <.005 | 208 | −0.87 (0.62) | 357 | 0.50 (0.82) | <.005 |
| Height (cm) | 190 | 130.1 (9.3) | 238 | 157.0 (13.0) | <.005 | 208 | 131.3 (10.3) | 357 | 154.7 (7.3) | <.005 |
| Height Z score | 190 | −0.91 (0.53) | 283 | 0.61 (0.74) | <.005 | 208 | −1.04 (0.73) | 357 | 0.61 (0.52) | <.005 |
| Body mass index (BMI) Kg/m2 | 190 | 16.5 (3.3) | 283 | 20.8 (4.56) | <.005 | 208 | 16.9 (3.5) | 357 | 21.6 (4.5) | <.005 |
| BMI Z score | 190 | −0.56 (0.73) | 283 | 0.38 (0.98) | <.005 | 208 | −0.62 (0.73) | 357 | 0.36 (0.96) | <.005 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 193 | 55.7 (7.9) | 283 | 68.9 (10.8) | <.005 | 209 | 56.5 (8.3) | 356 | 67.3 (8.7) | <.005 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 193 | 68.1 (7.8) | 282 | 86.4 (11.0) | <.005 | 210 | 71.4 (9.5) | 356 | 90.9 (11.0) | <.005 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 193 | 101.4 (9.6) | 283 | 110.0 (12.2) | <.005 | 210 | 101.1 (12.1) | 355 | 108.5 (9.8) | <.005 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 193 | 66.4 (8.1) | 282 | 70.7 (9.3) | <.005 | 210 | 66.4 (9.3) | 355 | 71.5 (8.1) | <.005 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195 | 164.1 (31.7) | 283 | 159.0 (34.1) | .099 | 210 | 166.5 (32.9) | 358 | 163.8 (31.6) | .323 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195 | 52.1 (13.9) | 283 | 45.3 (13.0) | <.005 | 210 | 49.9 (11.8) | 358 | 48.4 (12.1) | .167 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195 | 90.1 (26.7) | 283 | 86.6 (27.8) | .170 | 210 | 92.7 (27.7) | 358 | 89.7 (25.7) | .189 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 195 | 96.8 (58.9) | 283 | 113.8 (62.0) | .003 | 210 | 111.8 (61.6) | 358 | 109.4 (52.7) | .618 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | 123 | 85.5 (10.4) | 175 | 87.3 (18.8) | .320 | 134 | 81.1 (10.2) | 239 | 83.8 (15.2) | .062 |