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. 2012 Dec 28;7(12):e53333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053333

Table 1. Participant characteristics (Mean (SD)).

Boys (N = 54) Girls (N = 71) All (N = 125)
Age, y 14.3 (1.7) 14.6 (1.7) 14.5 (1.7)
Height, cm 168.6 (11.5) 164.8 (6.6) 166.5 (9.2)*
Weight, kg 93.7 (22.3) 93.3 (14.7) 93.5 (18.3)
BMI(sds) 3.0 (0.5) 2.9 (0.4) 2.9 (0.5)*
Trunk fat mass, % 37.4 (4.7)a 41.3 (4.1)b 39.7 (4.8)*
Total fat mass, % 39.1 (4.1)a 42.3 (3.5)b 40.9 (4.1)*
Systolic BP, mm Hg 111.2 (11.4) 108.0 (10.9) 109.4 (11.2)
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 61.3 (6.6) 59.2 (7.5) 60.1 (7.2)
Fasting glucose, mmol/l 5.1 (0.3) 5.0 (0.46)b 5.0 (0.4)
Glucose 30, mmol/l 8.0 (1.3) 7.5 (1.3)c 7.7 (1.3)*
Glucose 120, mmol/l 6.0 (1.1) 6.0 (1.1)b 6.0 (1.1)
Fasting insulin, pmol/l 117.7 (66.1) 136.5 (67.8)b 128.3 (67.4)
Insuline 30, pmol/l 1275.9 (821.1) 1202.1 (579.5)b 1234.2 (693.0)
Insulin 120, pmol/l 580.6 (381.3) 746.7 (432.8)b 674.4 (417.8)*
TG, mmol/l 1.1 (0.5) 1.0 (0.6)b 1.1 (0.6)
TC, mmol/l 4.1 (0.7) 4.0 (0.7)b 4.1 (0.7)
HDL-C, mmol/l 1.1 (0.3) 1.2 (0.2)b 1.2 (0.2)
LDL-C, mmol/l 2.5 (0.6) 2.4 (0.6)b 2.4 (0.6)
zMetRisk −0.10 (0.3)a 0.04 (0.5)c −0.02 (0.4)
TV time, min/d 123.2 (102.5) 96.1 (89.0) 107.8 (95.7)
Computer time, min/d 98.9 (93.4) 80.3 (81.9) 88.3 (87.2)
Screen time, min/d 222.1 (164.2) 176.4 (138.9) 196.2 (151.4)
*

 = Significantly different between boys and girls.

a

N = 51;

b

N = 70;

c

N = 69.

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol; SD, standard deviation; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; TV, television; zMetRisk, z-score for clustered cardiometabolic risk.