Table 1.

Anthropometric, biochemical and genetic characteristics of the subjects

Characteristics	Obesity (N = 850)	Normal weight (N = 2119)	P-value
Age (years)	11.2 ± 2.8	11.6 ± 2.5	<0.001*
Gender, n (%)
Boys	565 (66.5)	1376 (64.9)	0.443†
Girls	285 (33.5)	743 (35.1)
Height (cm)	150.5 ± 15.7	146.9 ± 16.2	<0.001*
Weight (kg)	62.4 ± 20.0	38.0 ± 11.9	<0.001*
TG (mmol/l)	1.23 ± 0.63	0.78 ± 0.36	<0.001*
TC (mmol/l)	4.23 ± 0.79	3.87 ± 0.72	<0.001*
LDL-C (mmol/l)	2.40 ± 0.66	1.96 ± 0.54	<0.001*
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.33 ± 0.40	1.51 ± 0.38	<0.001*

^*Independent t-test.

^†Chi-squared test.

Continuous variables are presented as mean ± S.D.

TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol-cholesterol; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol.