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. 2016 Jan 7;4(1):5. doi: 10.3390/healthcare4010005

Table 2.

Baseline-characteristics (physical examination, laboratory parameters, blood pressure) (t0) of the 143 patients included in the trial and completed it. * median.

Parameter MW ± SD Min. Max.
Number (n) 143 - -
Age (years) 13.9 ± 2.4 9.3 18.4
Females (%) 62 - -
Height (m) 1.62 ± 0.12 1.30 1.97
Weight (kg) 84.1 ± 22.6 40.8 155.2
BMI (kg/m2) 31.2 ± 5.4 20.3 51.4
BMI-SDS 2.51 ± 0.57 0.6 4.0
Obesity (%) 56 - -
Duration of inhouse treatment (days) 40.4 ± 4.1 28 49
Fasting blood-glucose (mmol/L) 4.17 ± 0.5 2.0 5.1
oGTT: Blood-glucose 2 h after glucose-loading (mmol/L) 5.2 ± 0.8 3.0 6.9
Pathological oGTT (%) 0 - -
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 4.5 ± 0.9 2.6 7.4
Total cholesterol ≥ 5.2 mmol/L (%) 25 - -
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 2.8 ± 0.8 1.2 5.8
LDL-cholesterol ≥ 2.6 mmol/L (%) 73 - -
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 1.6 ± 0.3 0.9 2.6
HDL-cholesterol < 1.0 mmol/L (%) 5 - -
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.1 ± 0.5 0.4 2.9
Triglycerides ≥ 1.70 mmol/L (%) 18 - -
TSH (μIU/mL) 2.9 ± 1.3 0.2 7.8
Hypothyreosis (TSH > 4.00 μIU/mL) (%) 21 - -
Uric acid (μmol/L) 359.8 ± 83.3 191.0 631.0
Hyperuricaemia (≥ 440 μmol/L) (%) 24 - -
CRP (mg/dL) 0.5 * 0.5 4.0
CRP > 0.5 mg/dL (%) 34 - -
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 121.7±9.2 99 150
Systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg (%) 4 - -
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 68.3 ± 6.5 55 84
Diastolic blood pressure > 80 mmHg (%) 2 - -
24-h-blood pressure systolic (mmHg) 119.0 ± 9.4 95 150
24-h-blood pressure diastolic (mmHg) 65.9 ± 6.5 51 81
Systolic day-/night-difference (mmHg) 16.1 ± 9.1 2 35
Diastolic day-/night-difference (mmHg) 11.5 ± 7.6 0 24