Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the groups
| Group I (n = 35, BMI < 25 kg/m2) | Group II (n = 27, BMI 30–34.9 kg/m2) | Group III (n = 42, BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2) | |
| Age (years) | 30.1 ± 4.9 | 30.9 ± 6.0 | 32.7 ± 4.6 |
| Gender (M/F) | 15/20 | 14/13 | 16/26 |
| Weight (kg) | 58.8 ± 5.9 | 88.7 ± 8.2††† | 106.3 ± 14.5*** |
| Height (m) | 1.63 ± 0.06 | 1.64 ± 0.07 | 1.64 ± 0.11 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.0 ± 2.1 | 33.1 ± 1.3††† | 39.6 ± 2.9*** |
| SBP (mmHg) | 114.3 ± 7.6 | 114.6 ± 5.7 | 117.4 ± 4.7 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 73.0 ± 5.2 | 73.5 ± 5.3 | 74.9 ± 4.7 |
| MAP (mmHg) | 86.8 ± 5.6 | 87.2 ± 5.0 | 89.0 ± 4.2 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 78.0 ± 10.6 | 81.3 ± 9.8 | 81.6 ± 10.7 |
| Duration of obesity (years) | _ | 7.3 ± 2.9 | 7.7 ± 2.3 |
| Smoking (%) | 25.7 | 29.6 | 21.4 |
BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; F: female; M: male; MAP: mean arterial pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure. ***, p < 0.001 vs. group II; †††, p < 0.001 vs. group I