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. 2013 Sep 11;35(4):249–259. doi: 10.1155/2013/531736

Table 1.

Group demographics.

Lean
(n = 32)
Obese (n = 63) P-value
Age (years) 17.3 ± 1.6  (14.3–20.1) 17.5 ± 1.8 
(14.3–21.6)
.79
Sex (% female) 59.2 61.9 .81
Grade 11.8 ± 1.9 
(9.0–16.0)
11.6 ± 1.7 
(8.1–16.1)
.57
Socioeconomic status 2.6 ± 1.4 2.1 ± 1.2 .19
BMI (kg/m2) 21.1 ± 2 
(17.44–24.9)
37.7 ± 5.9 
(27.8–49.8)
<.001
BMI percentile 50.9 ± 22.5 (9.0–79.9) 98.2 ± 1.3 
(95.2–99.9)
<.001
Waist circumference (cm) 75.3 ± 6.2 
(66.0–88.0)
112.9 ± 13.4 
(88.0–147.0)
<.001
Waist:height 0.4 ± 0.0 
(0.39–0.5)
0.7 ± 0.1 
(0.51–0.82)
<.001
Glucose (mg/dL) 74.6 ± 6.9 
(62.0–89.0)
97.4 ± 55.2 
(62.0–343.0)
.004
Insulin (IU/mL) 7.1 ± 3.3 
(2.0–15.2)
22.8 ± 19.2 
(2.2–123.0)
<.001
HOMA-IR 1.3 ± 0.6 
(0.36–2.5)
5.5 ± 5.5 
(0.52–33.4)
<.001
Hemoglobin A1C (%) 5.2 ± 0.4 
(4.6–6.8)
6.2 ± 2.1 
(4.7–14.6)
.001
Triglycerides 67.7 ± 45.9 
(25.0–165.0)
93.9 ± 45.9 
(24.0–228.0)
.002
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 157.3 ± 29.9 
(100.0–212.0)
166.2 ± 30.3 
(113.0–263.0)
.18
HDL (mg/dL) 55.4 ± 11.3 
(35.0–80.0)
42.3 ± 9.4 
(26.0–66.0)
<.001
LDL (mg/dL) 88.5 ± 24.9 
(45.0–139.0)
103.4 ± 25.7 
(59.0–164.0)
.01
CRP (mg/L) 0.8 ± 1.7 
(0.05–9.30)
3.2 ± 2.4 
(0.3–9.90)
<.001
Fibrinogen (mg/dL) 285.8 ± 42.0 
(220.0–376.0)
349.8 ± 77.7 
(189.0–565.0)
<.001
Systolic BP (mmHg) 100.2 ± 8.1 
(88–118)
116.0 ± 13.1 
(96–160)
<.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 61.8 ± 5.6 
(50–80)
68.1 ± 9.0 
(52–100)
<.001

Data are presented as mean ± SD (min–max).