Table 1. Subject characteristics in obese and nonobese, dyslipidemic children.

	Group 1	Group 2	P value
Number	15	23
Male Gender (%)	6 (40)	14 (61)	0.320
Age (yr)	13 ± 3	14 ± 4	0.295
Height (cm)	160 ± 13	159 ± 17	0.759
BMI (%)	98 ± 1	59 ± 26	<0.001
BMI z score	2.1 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.8	<0.001
Waist circ (cm)	94 ± 14	71 ± 10	<0.001
Systolic BP	112 ± 9	109 ± 8	0.411
Pre-pubertal (%)	2 (13)	7 (30)
Pubertal (%)	9 (60)	4 (17)	0.026
Post-pubertal (%)	4 (27)	12 (52)
Family Hx CVD (%)	6 (40)	8 (35)	1.000
Family Hx DM (%)	7 (47)	13 (57)	0.741
Total Chol (mmol/L)	4.03 ± 0.96	5.77 ± 2.15	0.005
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.46 ± 0.62	4.19 ± 2.15	0.005
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.96 ± 0.18	1.22 ± 0.28	0.004
TG (mmol/L)	1.31 ± 0.82	0.80 ± 0.41	0.016
Lp(a) (mg/dL)	33 ± 40	41 ± 29	0.475
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.39 ± 0.33	4.61 ± 0.44	0.302
Insulin (μU/mL)	202 ± 104	104 ± 42	0.001
HbA1C (%)	5.9 ± 1.3	5.4 ± 0.3	0.096
HOMA-IR	5.4 ± 2.5	3.2 ± 1.6	0.002
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	7.6 ± 2.0	7.9 ± 1.3	0.525
25-OH vitamin D (nmol/L)	52 ± 10	69 ± 41	0.119
hsCRP (mg/L)	2.44 ± 1.63	1.08 ± 2.41	0.064
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.59 ± 0.90	0.63 ± 0.47	<0.001
TNF (pg/mL)	4.85 ± 4.36	5.02 ± 2.06	0.867
Carotid IMT (mm)	0.42 ± 0.04	0.42 ± 0.05	0.799
Peak response	1.52 [1.22-1.97]	2.04 [1.61-2.46]	0.038
Area under the curve (AUC)	19 ± 4	24 ± 6	0.010