Table 1. General characteristics of the study group according to sex.

	Boys		Girls		Total		P-value
	N = 66		N = 92		N = 158
Age (years, mean [± SD])	11.63	[0.92]	11.65	[0.90]	11.64	[0.90]	0.920
Pubertal (Tanner II-V, n [%])	54	[81.8]	91	[98.9]	145	[91.8]	<0.001*
Weight (kg, mean [± SD])	57.3	[12.1]	55.3	[11.4]	56.2	[11.7]	0.285
Height (cm, mean [± SD])	151	[7.4]	150	[6.3]	150.4	[6.8]	0.337
BMI (mean [± SD])	24.9	[4.0]	24.4	[4.0]	24.6	[4.0]	0.432
z-BMI (mean [± SD])	1.6	[0.7]	1.4	[0.8]	1.5	[0.8]	0.079
Obesity (n [%])	46	[71.9]	41	[44.6]	87	[55.8]	0.001*
Overweight (n [%])	10	[15.6]	34	[37.0]	44	[28.2]	0.004*
WC ≥ 90th percentile (n [%])	52	[81.3]	68	[73.9]	120	[76.9]	0.285
Triglycerides ≥ 110 mg/dL (n [%])	21	[32.8]	46	[50.0]	67	[42.9]	0.033*
HDL ≤ 40 mg/dL (n [%])	16	[25.0]	34	[37.0]	50	[32.1]	0.115
HOMA-IR ≥ 90th percentile (n [%])	20	[30.3]	15	[16.7]	35	[22.4]	0.044*
MetS ≥3 components (n [%])	10	[15.6]	25	[27.2]	35	[22.4]	0.089
RQ Let-7e (mean [± SD])	2.37	[4.15]	2.57	[4.41]	2.49	[4.29]	0.776
RQ miR145 (mean [± SD])	1.57	[2.72]	1.89	[4.53]	1.74	[3.87]	0.646
RQ miR132 (mean [± SD])	2.27	[5.40]	1.56	[2.03]	1.86	[3.82]	0.252
RQ miR126 (mean [± SD])	1.78	[2.28]	2.07	[3.23]	1.95	[2.87]	0.535

WC, waist circumference; RQ, relative quantification.