Table 1.
Characteristics of Students With Complete Medical and Anthropomorphic Data Unless otherwise indicated, data are expressed as mean (SD).
| Characteristics | Healthy Weight (n=356) |
Overweight (n=387) |
Obese (n=442) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (% Female) | 57.3 b | 61.5b | 46.4 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic/Latino % | 74.7 | 74.2 | 74.7 |
| Black/African American % | 18.5 | 17.8 | 17.4 |
| Other/unknown % | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| Age years | 16.9 (1.2) b,c | 16.7 (1.3) | 16.6 (1.2) |
| BMI kg/m2 a | 21.9 (2.2) | 26.6 (1.5) | 33.8 (4.6) |
| Waist circumference cma | 75.2 (8.4) | 85.7 (6.6) | 102.3 (11.7) |
| Systolic blood pressure mmHg | 114.4 (9.3)b | 115.8 (9.9)b | 121.8 (11.5) |
| Diastolic blood pressure mmHg a | 64.0 (7.7) | 69.4 (9.3) | 73.0 (10.4) |
| Fasting glucose mg/dL | 79.2 (7.0)b | 79.4 (6.6)b | 81.4 (7.6) |
| Fasting insulin μIU/mLa | 10.0 (5.7) | 12.0 (6.7) | 18.6 (9.3) |
| HOMA-IR a | 2.0 (1.3) | 2.3 (1.4) | 3.8 (2.0) |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.43 (0.31)c | 5.35 (0.33) | 5.40 (0.35) |
| LDL mg/dL a | 85.4 (22.0) | 92.0 (24.6) | 98.0 (24.9) |
| HDL mg/dL a | 52.5 (11.1) | 48.4 (10.9) | 43.4 (9.1) |
| Triglycerides mg/dL | 66.2 (24.9)b | 73.4 (45.7)b | 90.6 (64.3) |
| C-reactive protein (CRP) mg/La | 0.9 (1.4) | 1.4 (2.1) | 3.1 (3.2) |
a
Indicates significant differences (P<0.05) among all BMI percentile groups
b
Indicates significantly different (P<0.05) than the obese group
c
Indicates significantly different (P<0.05) than the overweight group