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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010 Aug;5(4):10.3109/17477160903497019. doi: 10.3109/17477160903497019

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of African American Study Participants, n = 166

Male Female p
Age (years) 17.04 (1.2) 16.96 (1.3) .603
Wt (kg) 75.33 (16.4) 70.01 (18.1) .012
BMI (kg/m2) 24.35 (4.7) 26.16 (6.6) .009
BMI percentile 67.88 (24.21) 74.93 (24.92) .060
BMI z-score .643 (.89) .907 (.923) .057
WC (cm) 80.32 (11.43) 78.46 (11.34) .282
SBP (mm/Hg) 116.71 (10.2) 107.75 (9.6) <.001
DBP (mm/Hg) 60.64 (6.4) 60.35 (5.8) .749
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 89.15 (42.6) 86.21 (42.6) .671
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 136.74 (41.2) 127.01 (47.0) .178
HDL (mg/dL) 46.34 (15.0) 52.63 (19.3) .029
LDL (mg/dL) 83.67 (30.1) 76.25 (36.3) .196
VLDL (mg/dL) 16.32 (9.2) 12.83 (7.6) .022
TC/HDL 14.97 (34.3) 19.80 (33.8) .390
Trunkfat(g)
 Log Trunkfat		 5281.7 (4037.7)
3.63 (.27)		 10504.33 (7255.8)
3.93 (.29)		 <.001
<.001
Totalfat (g)
 Log Totalfat		 12812.55 (8630.3)
4.03 (.24)		 22831.88 (11773.2)
4.30 (.22)		 <.001
<.001
Leptin (ng/mL)
 Log leptin		 4.80 (6.6)
.36 (.55)		 22.24 (19.3)
1.23 (.32)		 <.001
<.001
MCP1 (pg/mL)
 Log MCP1		 131.76 (28.3)
2.11 (.09)		 116.87 (44.6)
2.04 (.14)		 .024
.001
Adipo (ug/mL)
 Log adiponectin		 5.41 (3.2)
.66 (.26)		 6.99 (4.3)
.76 (.30)		 .006
.021
IL6 (pg/mL)
 Log IL6		 1.29 (1.3)
−.03 (.33)		 1.80 (1.7)
.11 (.35)		 .026
.006
CRP (ug/mL)
 Log CRP		 1.01 (1.8)
−.432 (.58)		 1.27 (1.8)
−.260 (.60)		 .363
.100

Note: CRP was undetectable in 31 subjects, leaving a total of 159 subjects for analyses.