Table 1.

Demographics and Endocrine Characteristics of Lean and Obese Adolescent Groups

	Lean n = 37	Obese n = 54
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	t	p	d
Age (years)	17.32 ± 1.59	17.50 ± 1.59	0.538	0.592	0.08
Education (years)	11.77 ± 1.99	11.63 ± 1.71	0.322	0.748	0.10
Gender (% F)	56.8%	63.6%
Hollingshead SES	2.5 ± 1.59	2.1 ± 1.17	1.62	0.109	0.37
BMI (kg/m2)*	21.67 ± 2.49	39.86 ± 9.46	−11.41	<0.01	2.45
Systolic BP (mm/Hg)*	101.0 ± 8.68	114.4 ± 12.46	−6.00	<0.01	1.29
Diastolic BP (mm/Hg)*	62.97 ± 7.72	69.51 ± 9.33	−3.73	<0.01	0.80
HOMA-IR*	1.03 ± 1.80	3.06 ± 3.70	−3.50	<0.01	0.73
Fasting Insulin (U/mL)*	6.95 ± 2.99	19.43 ± 11.82	−6.02	<0.01	1.59
Fasting Glucose (mg/dL)*	74.44 ± 7.02	77.90 ± 8.00	−2.11	0.038	0.48
Triglycerides (mg/dL)*	66.20 ± 24.08	85.29 ± 35.58	−2.77	<0.01	0.61
HDL (mg/dL)*	52.56 ± 9.55	43.50 ± 7.44	4.88	<0.01	1.09
LDL (mg/dL)*	85.24 ± 22.17	98.29 ± 21.26	−2.73	<0.01	0.60
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)*	0.53 ± 0.56	3.41 ± 2.19	−7.53	<0.01	1.73