Table 4.

Laboratory tests according to the BMI categories of individuals with congenital heart disease

Variables	Underweight/Normal weight mean ± SD	Excess weight mean ± SD	p
Cholesterol	148.1 ± 25.6	154 ± 32.2	0.106
HDL	50.3 ± 11.3	48.9 ± 12.2	0.352
LDL	83.3 ± 21.7	89.3 ± 27.8	0.053
Triglycerides	72.6 ± 34.3	83.7 ± 38.8	0.017
Glucose	87 ± 9.5	90.6 ± 9.0	0.004
C-reactive protein	0.1 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.2	0.002
Hematocrit	39.1 ± 4.1	38.8 ± 3.4	0.523
Hemoglobin	13.3 ± 1.9	12.9 ± 1.5	0.099

SD: standard deviation.