Table 1. Characteristics of Study Participants, Data are Means ± SD or Percentage ^a.

	Mean ± SD
Age, y	10.57 ± 3.04
Height, cm	141.88 ± 16.4
Weight, kg	62.17 ± 26.27
BMI, kg/m2	30.29 ± 8.21
Waist circumference, cm	87.43 ± 15.83
Hip circumference, cm	92 ± 15.56
TG, mg/dl	118.2 ± 90.9
Chol, mg/dl	156.47 ± 28.9
HDL, mg/dl	45.2 ± 10.15
LDL, mg/dl	86.6 ± 20
ALT, Iu/L	33.7 ± 44.3
AST, Iu/L	27.45 ± 20.27
Alkaline phosphatase	527.5 ± 196.8
RBP4, pg/ml	19 482.9 ± 3 302.2

Abbreviations: BMI, Body mass index; TG, triglycerides; Chol, cholesterol; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; RBP4, retinol binding protein

^aThese variables were log transformed before the analyses