Table 1.

Anthropometric and metabolic phenotypes in normal-weight and obese children

	Obese Subjects (n = 19)			Normal-Weight Subjects (n = 14)
Parameter	Pre	Post	%Change	Pre	Post	%Change
Body weight, kg	94.0 ± 7.4	90.3 ± 7.1	−3.9‡	47.4 ± 4.6†	46.3 ± 4.3	−2.3
BMI, kg/m2	33.6 ± 1.9	32.3 ± 1.9	−3.8‡	19.9 ± 1.5†	19.5 ± 1.4	−2.3*
BMI, percentile	95.2 ± 1.4	92.5 ± 2.4	−2.8*	55.5 ± 7.9†	51.6 ± 7.4	−6.9‡
WC, cm	97.2 ± 5.7	93.0 ± 4.8	−4.3‡	67.3 ± 5.4†	64.1 ± 4.0	−4.8
RHR	95 ± 4	80 ± 3	−15.4‡	89 ± 3	82 ± 3	−7.8
SBP	125 ± 4	115 ± 2	−8.1‡	106 ± 5†	105 ± 3	−1.0
DBP	73 ± 3	68 ± 2	−7.4*	64 ± 1†	59 ± 3	−7.6
Glucose, mg/dl	81.3 ± 2.0	85.8 ± 1.3	5.5	84.7 ± 1.9	83.6 ± 2.6	−1.3
Insulin, μU/ml	22.3 ± 3.5	16.1 ± 4.2	−28.1*	18.5 ± 4.1	8.8 ± 1.3	−52.5‡
HOMA-IR	4.8 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.8	−28.4*	3.9 ± 0.9	1.9 ± 0.3	−53.1‡
QUICKI	0.31 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.01	4.9‡	0.33 ± 0.01	0.36 ± 0.01	9.3‡
TG, mg/dl	137.7 ± 14.7	86.0 ± 7.9	−37.5‡	105.3 ± 19.1	62.0 ± 8.1	−41.1‡
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	166 ± 6.2	132.0 ± 5.8	−20.8‡	157.3 ± 9.3	120.7 ± 5.1	−23.3‡
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl	95.0 ± 6.1	71.8 ± 5.0	−24.5‡	86.2 ± 8.4	60.8 ± 5.9	−29.4‡
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	44.0 ± 2.2	43.1 ± 2.7	−2.1	50.1 ± 3.6	47.5 ± 3.0	−5.0
Total/HDL cholesterol	4.0 ± 0.3	3.3 ± 0.3	−18.2‡	3.3 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.2	−19.0‡
LDL/HDL	2.3 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.2	−20.7‡	1.8 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.2	−24.0‡

All data are expressed as means ± SE.

Pre, preintervention; post, postintervention; WC, waist circumference; RHR, resting heart rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance; QUICKI, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; TG, triglyceride; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein. Anthropometric and lipid measurements in normal-weight and obese children undergoing a 14-day diet and exercise intervention.

^†P < 0.05, baseline differences between the normal-weight and obese groups;

^‡P < 0.01;

^*P < 0.05.