Table 2.
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of children according to nutritional status
| |
Normal |
Overweight |
Obese |
Ordinary |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium | IQR | Medium | IQR | Medium | IQR | P-trend | |
| Number (boys/girls) |
231 (122/109) |
44 (24/20) |
50 (29/21) |
|
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| Height¤ (cm) |
155.51 |
7.33 |
156.62 |
6.84 |
159.64## |
6.55 |
0.0002 |
| Weight¤ (kg) |
44.67 |
6.68 |
57.38** |
5.32 |
70.80## |
9.59 |
<0.0001 |
| Waist¤ (cm) |
64.96 |
6.20 |
78.60** |
5.87 |
87.07## |
9.56 |
<0.0001 |
| Body fat¤ (%) |
18.57 |
5.56 |
26.51** |
4.52 |
32.10## |
7.45 |
<0.0001 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) |
90.00 |
8.00 |
91.50 |
8.50 |
92.00# |
11.00 |
0.0005 |
| Fasting serum insulin |
11.37 |
5.96 |
16.20** |
6.19 |
28.44## |
19.68 |
<0.0001 |
| HOMA-IR |
2.58 |
1.40 |
3.63** |
1.50 |
6.50## |
4.58 |
<0.0001 |
| SBP (mmHg) |
109.00 |
12.00 |
111.50 |
15.50 |
116.00## |
11.00 |
<0.0001 |
| DBP (mmHg) |
62.00 |
11.00 |
61.00 |
10.00 |
66.00## |
8.00 |
0.0065 |
| HDL- cholesterol (mg/dL) |
58.00 |
17.00 |
49.00** |
14.00 |
42.50## |
13.00 |
<0.0001 |
| LDL- cholesterol (mg/dL) |
88.00 |
29.00 |
92.50 |
36.50 |
88.50 |
24.00 |
0.6458 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) |
158.00 |
37.00 |
160.50 |
47.00 |
151.00 |
33.00 |
0.1283 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) |
62.00 |
32.00 |
68.00 |
44.00 |
78.00## |
51.00 |
<0.0001 |
| Serum iron (ug/dL) |
86.00 |
45.00 |
87.50 |
39.00 |
80.00 |
38.00 |
0.3875 |
| Serum TIBC (ug/dL) |
342.00 |
58.00 |
359.00 |
61.00 |
343.00 |
59.00 |
0.6752 |
| Serum ferritin (ng/dL) |
50.00 |
42.00 |
40.00 |
42.50 |
47.00 |
34.00 |
0.4136 |
| Transferritin Saturation (%) |
24.90 |
14.18 |
25.32 |
15.65 |
22.89 |
11.51 |
0.5224 |
| Hepcidin (ng/ml) |
123.19 |
22.02 |
107.26 |
25.80 |
120.07# |
34.35 |
0.0062 |
| TNFα (pg/ml) |
16.69 |
10.37 |
21.42* |
12.30 |
21.56 |
11.44 |
0.1982 |
| IFNγ (pg/ml) |
5.92 |
3.10 |
6.41 |
2.48 |
6.16 |
3.38 |
0.8630 |
| IL10 (pg/ml) |
9.87 |
3.69 |
8.13* |
2.74 |
9.08 |
3.41 |
0.5265 |
| IL1β (pg/ml) |
0.90 |
0.41 |
1.15* |
0.62 |
1.11## |
0.75 |
0.0006 |
| NO (uM) | 6.13 | 5.74 | 9.54** | 5.97 | 8.05 | 4.29 | 0.0606 |
Data are presented as median ± interquartile range (IQR).
¤ presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM).
#, * p<0.05. Statistically different versus normal weight children by t-test.
## ,** p<0.01. Statistically different versus normal weight children by t-test.