Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2014 Oct 8;28(5):317–323. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2014.09.010

Table 1.

Characteristics of study population at initial visit by weight status

Participant Characteristic n (%) or Mean (SD)
All Participants
(n=173)
Normal Weight
(n=46)
Overweight
(n=36)
Obese
(n=91)
p-value
Demographics
Age (years) 15.9 (2.1) 16.5 (1.8) 15.9 (2.2) 15.6 (2.1) 0.04
Race/Ethnicity (n=153) 0.07
Non-Hispanic White 100 (65%) 34 (83%) 20 (61%) 46 (58%)
Non-Hispanic Black 29 (19%) 4 (10%) 7 (21%) 18 (23%)
Non-Hispanic Asian 9 (6%) 1 (2%) 4 (12%) 4 (5%)
Non-Hispanic Other 3 (2%) 1 (2%) 1 (3%) 1 (1%)
Hispanic 12 (8%) 1 (2%) 1 (3%) 10 (13%)
BMI
BMI (kg/m2) 29.7 (7.5) 21.5 (1.9) 26.2 (1.7) 35.4 (5.7) <.001
BMI Z-score 1.5 (0.9) 0.2 (0.6) 1.3 (0.2) 2.2 (0.3) <.001
BMI Percentile 85.9 (19.8) 58.3 (20.5) 90.2 (3.5) 98.0 (1.3) <.001
Blood Pressure
Systolic BP (mm Hg) 119.4 (14.6) 114.8 (11.1) 117.9 (20.6) 122.2 (12.6) 0.01
SBP Z-score 0.8 (1.4) 0.4 (1.1) 0.7 (2.1) 1.1 (1.2) 0.07
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 66.9 (8.0) 64.5 (7.9) 67.1 (6.7) 68.0 (8.4) 0.06
DBP Z-score 0.1 (0.7) −0.1 (0.7) 0.1 (0.6) 0.2 (0.7) 0.20
Family History
PCOS 17 (10%) 6 (13%) 4 (10%) 7 (8%) 0.53
Diabetes (Type II) 73 (41%) 10 (22%) 15 (38%) 48 (53%) 0.00
Infertility/Irregular Menses 46 (26%) 12 (26%) 14 (36%) 20 (22%) 0.25
Physical Exam Findings
Acanthosis nigricans 64 (36%) 0 (0%) 8 (21%) 56 (62%) <.001
Acne 78 (44%) 20 (43%) 19 (49%) 39 (43%) 0.82
Hirsutism 107 (61%) 33 (72%) 24 (62%) 50 (55%) 0.16