Table 3.
Analysis of the association between salivary glucose, demographic factors, and biomarkers in a subset of 744 children stratified by body weight category. Values marked with an asterisk are statistically significant (p < 0.05).
| Underweight (n = 39) | Normal (n = 280) | Overweight (n = 121) | Obese (n = 304) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimates (SE) | p value | Estimates (SE) | p value | Estimates (SE) | p value | Estimates (SE) | p value | |
| Age (per year) | −0.26 (0.18) | 0.16 | −0.07 (0.08) | 0.37 | −0.07 (0.13) | 0.52 | 0.02 (0.07) | 0.84 |
| Sex (boys versus girls) | 0.23 (0.29) | 0.43 | −0.26 (0.09) | 0.006∗ | −0.49 (0.14) | 0.004∗ | −0.09 (0.10) | 0.34 |
| BMI (per unit) | 0.16 (0.17) | 0.35 | −0.02 (0.03) | 0.42 | 0.06 (0.07) | 0.4 | −0.01 (0.01) | 0.54 |
| Insulin (per SD) | 0.52 (0.73) | 0.48 | 0.16 (0.08) | 0.06 | 0.25 (0.11) | 0.02∗ | 0.15 (0.04) | <0.0001∗ |
| VEGFA (per SD) | 0.16 (0.18) | 0.38 | 0.07 (0.06) | 0.26 | −0.08 (0.12) | 0.53 | 0.10 (0.04) | 0.01∗ |
| IL-12p70 (per SD) | −0.06 (0.13) | 0.66 | −0.07 (0.05) | 0.13 | −0.005 (0.06) | 0.93 | −0.14 (0.05) | 0.01∗ |
| Governorate | 0.12a | <0.0001a,∗ | <0.0001a,∗ | <0.0001a,∗ | ||||
a p value was for all governorates in a type 3 analysis.