. 2014 Jun 19;14:154. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-154

Table 3.

Cardiometabolic risk factors of children and youth categorized as overweight/obese (OW/OB) and severely obese (SO)

	OW/OB	SO	p-value
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.4 ± 0.8	1.5 ± 0.6	0.2
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	(n = 168)	(n = 147)	0.2
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.5 ± 0.9	4.3 ± 0.8	0.03
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	(n = 168)	(n = 147)	0.03
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.1 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.2	<0.001
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	(n = 168)	(n = 147)	<0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.7 ± 0.8	2.6 ± 0.7	0.1
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	(n = 168)	(n = 147)	0.1
Total cholesterol/HDL ratio	4.3 ± 1.2	4.5 ± 1.1	0.2
Total cholesterol/HDL ratio	(n = 168)	(n = 147)	0.2
ALT (U/L)	24.9 ± 16.0	31.6 ± 17.8	0.001
ALT (U/L)	(n = 157)	(n = 145)	0.001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.9 ± 0.4	4.9 ± 0.4	0.7
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	(n = 159)	(n = 138)	0.7
Fasting insulin (mU/L)	18.5 ± 15.8	31.3 ± 20.4	0.02
Fasting insulin (mU/L)	(n = 154)	(n = 130)	0.02
HOMA-IR	4.0 ± 3.4	6.8 ± 4.6	0.03
HOMA-IR	(n = 151)	(n = 123)	0.03
Systolic BP (mmHg)	108 ± 9	115 ± 11	0.01
Systolic BP (mmHg)	(n = 174)	(n = 150)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	69 ± 8	72 ± 9	0.01
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	(n = 174)	(n = 150)	0.01

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. HDL-C (high density lipoprotein cholesterol), LDL-C (low density lipoprotein cholesterol), ALT (alanine aminotransferase), HOMA-IR (homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance).

Note 1: Sample sizes vary variable-to-variable because dataset was incomplete.

Note 2: Group comparisons for fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, systolic BP and diastolic BP were completed using non-parametric analyses since these variables were not normally distributed.