Table 3.

Laboratory and clinical variables before and after intervention in prepubertal and pubertal obese children.

Variables	Prepuberty ()		Puberty ()
	Preintervention	Postintervention	Preintervention	Postintervention
Height (cm)	137.87 ± 12.66	140.54 ±  12.13***	157.22 ±  10.10†††	158.61 ±  9.59***†††
BMI (kg/m2)	25.62 ± 3.42	24.83 ±  3.63*	28.54 ±  3.96†††	28.02 ±  3.85*†††
Z-score BMI	2.19 ± 0.31	1.98 ±  0.47***	1.96 ±  0.29†††	1.81 ±  0.37***†
Waist (cm)	80.75 ± 9.12	80.02 ± 8.53	90.79 ±  8.43†††	89.70 ±  9.83†††
Waist/Hip Ratio	0.92 ± 0.07	0.92 ± 0.07	0.87 ±  0.06††	0.87 ±  0.07†††
Fat Mass (mm2)a	2405.04 ± 753.91	2166.00 ±  624.89*	3684.20 ±  1178.32††	2654.30 ±  665.60**†
Lean Mass (mm2)a	3411.23 ± 1181.41	3706.65 ± 851.76	5401.10 ±  2144.89†	5378.30 ±  1272.13††
SBP (mm Hg)	101.59 ± 12.88	104.37 ± 11.96	111.00 ±  10.22††	109.98 ±  10.48††
DBP (mm Hg)	69.79 ± 10.63	68.79 ± 9.19	70.49 ± 7.99	68.45 ± 8.36
Fasting Glucose (mg/dL)	81.61 ± 9.51	84.09 ± 8.89	83.16 ± 14.41	84.14 ± 14.41
2 Hr pl Glucose (mg/dL)	92.35 ± 13.34	97.68 ± 16.78	100.19 ±  22.45†	92.41 ±  17.97*
Fasting Insulin (mU/mL)	9.28 ± 8.74	6.17 ±  5.97*	13.06 ±  8.73†	12.25 ±  11.49††
2 Hr pl Insulin (mU/mL)	55.95 ± 66.09	31.57 ±  32.40*	62.23 ±  47.19†	55.28 ±  47.03††
HOMA	1.85 ± 1.71	1.31 ±  1.38**	2.77 ±  1.91††	2.43 ±  1.91†††
QUICKI	0.37 ± 0.05	0.40 ±  0.05***	0.34 ±  0.03†††	0.35 ±  0.04*†††
Tg (mg/dL)	115.20 ± 65.65	111.85 ± 59.16	118.24 ± 59.14	112.38 ± 51.76
TC (mg/dL)	171.41 ± 40.49	161.66 ± 31.25	167.40 ± 48.63	158.61 ± 32.19
HDL-C (mg/dL)	38.85 ± 9.19	42.75 ± 12.38	38.70 ± 10.06	43.18 ± 13.22
LDL-C (mg/dL)	113.15 ± 34.78	96.48 ±  26.02*	105.21 ± 45.78	94.10 ± 31.43
Tg/HDL-C	3.12 ± 1.82	2.73 ± 1.62	3.41 ± 2.01	2.78 ± 1.53
CRP (mg/dL)	0.28 ± 0.68	0.13 ± 0.13	0.53 ± 0.82	0.55 ± 1.11

^aCalculated in 26 Prepubertal and 10 Pubertal children. ^†, ^††, ^††† puberty preintervention versus prepuberty preintervention and puberty postintervention versus prepuberty postintervention; *, **, *** postintervention versus preintervention.