Table 1.

Anthropometric and arterial status of normal weight and obese boys and girls

	Male (19/19)						Female (27/27)
	Normal weight			Obese			Normal weight			Obese
AGE [yrs]	11.82	±	2.51	11.81	±	2.51	12.68	±	2.84	12.68	±	2.84
HEIGHT [cm]	149.83	±	14.38	157.73	±	16.34	153.71	±	14.62	155.45	±	10.12
WEIGHT [kg]	40.14	±	13.35**	69.91	±	21.99**	42.34	±	12.19**	70.17	±	17.83**
BMI SDS	−0.37	±	0.69**	2.22	±	0.25**	−0.56	±	0.52**	2.35	±	0.5**
BP systolic SDS	0.68	±	1.01	1.23	±	1.05	1.14	±	1.33	1.07	±	1.38
BP diastolic SDS	−0.14	±	1.32	0.55	±	1.02	0.08	±	1.19	0.15	±	1.26
IMT SDS	−0.05	±	0.94	0.03	±	1.39	0.07	±	1.09	0.23	±	0.83
AC SDS	−0.35	±	1.19	0.25	±	0.77	−0.15	±	0.92	0.04	±	1.47
Ep SDS	0.08	±	1.31	0.36	±	1.10	0.00	±	1.06*	0.64	±	1.24*
β SDS	0.23	±	1.28	0.23	±	1.00	−0.01	±	1.06**	0.60	±	1.17**
PWV β SDS	−0.04	±	1.19	0.34	±	1.00	−0.12	±	1.05*	0.54	±	1.2*

*p < .05, **p < .01