. 2013 Jan 30;12:19. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-19

Table 1.

Nutritional assessment and laboratory variables for adolescents according to gender

FEMALE	OVERWEIGHT (n = 55)		OBESE (n = 71)		EXTREMELY OBESE (n = 48)
	X	SD	X	SD	X	SD
Age (years)^{(1) NS}	13.28^a	2.26	12.66^ab	2.05	12.45^b	1.61
BMI (kg/m²)^(1)**	25.10^a	2.62	27.98^b	3.07	33.99^c	5.17
AbdC (cm)^(2)**	82.84^a	8.34	87.39^b	8.85	95.84^c	10.68
HDLc (mg/dL)^(1)**	49.24^a	9.95	42.19^b	8.68	40.53^c	13.08
TG (mg/dL)^(1)**	92.11^a	35.74	107.41^b	68.11	121.33^bc	46.38
SBP^(1)**	110.73^a	8.18	116.24^b	14.53	127.58^c	18.40
DBP^(1)**	68.66^a	6.89	71.47^ab	12.63	81.93^c	12.12
Glycemia (mg/dL)^(1)NS	82.60^a	8.43	83.58^a	15.85	82.56^a	7.52
Insulin (μU/mL)^(1)**	13.78^a	4.79	17.58^b	10.22	20.38^bc	9.50
HOMA-IR^(1)**	2.79^a	0.99	3.65^b	2.26	4.12^bc	1.84
Quicki^(1)**	0.33^a	0.02	0.32^b	0.02	0.32^bc	0.02
FGI^(1)**	7.37^a	7.03	5.88^b	2.69	5.12^bc	3.18
MALE	(n = 40)		(n = 58)		(n = 49)
	X	SD	X	SD	X	SD
Age (years)^(1)NS	12.62 ^a	1.76	12.89^a	1.68	12.65 ^a	2.22
BMI (kg/m²)^(1)**	24.07 ^a	2.12	27.12^b	2.69	32.13^c	4.11
AbdC (cm)^(2)**	81.03^a	7.54	86.02^ab	10.14	95.19^c	11.28
HDLc (mg/dL)^(1)NS	43.10^a	8.31	44.22^a	11.37	44.31^a	8.97
TG (mg/dL)^(1)NS	103.38^a	76.60	95.71^ab	58.68	117.83^ac	55.34
SBP^(1)**	111.17^a	15.01	115.16^ab	14.10	125.98^c	13.06
DBP^(1)**	69.28^a	10.70	74.73^bc	10.20	76.88^c	12.17
Glycemia (mg/dL)^(1)NS	83.59^a	7.22	83.77^a	7.90	86.51^a	5.79
Insulin (μU/mL)^(1)NS	13.72^a	9.90	14.08^a	7.64	16.13^a	8.07
HOMA-IR^(1)NS	2.84^a	2.03	2.89^a	1.62	3.45^a	1.71
Quicki^(1)**	0.34^a	0.04	0.33^ab	0.03	0.32^b	0.02
FGI^(1)**	10.86^a	10.43	7.84^b	5.99	6.32^bc	2.38

Note: (1) Multiple comparison using PROC GENMOD from SAS program.

(2) Multiple comparisons using ANOVA and Tukey test.

* p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 NS not significant.

The same letters show no statistically significant difference.

Total number of female adolescents = 174.

Total number of male adolescents = 147.

BMI Body Mass Index, AbdC Abdominal circumference, HDLc-HDL cholesterol, TGTriglycerides, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, HOMA-IR Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance Quicki Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, FGI Fasting glucose to insulin ratio.