Table 1.

Comparison of the study and control groups on the basis of anthropometric measures, blood pressure, and echocardiographic variables

	Study group (n=79)	Control group (n=72)	P
Age, years	12.4±4.0	12.1±4.2	0.976
Female/male	40/39	35/37	0.804
Weight	47.5±16.7	43.0±5.4	0.641
Height	151.2±18.8	147.5±18.4	0.503
Body mass index	19.9±3.2	18.9±2.9	0.753
SBP mm Hg	109.6±9.2	106.4±7.9	0.023
DBP mm Hg	68.7±8.9	66.3±6.3	0.013
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	149 (88-196)	152 (95-198)	0.763
Triglyceride, mg/dL	76 (33-188)	69 (39-152)	0.486
HDL, mg/dL	52 (24-79)	55 (23-101)	0.687
LDL, mg/dL	86 (34-130)	84 (43-158)	0.535
Folic acid, mg/dL	8.7 (3.6-17.5)	8.9 (3.5-17.21)	0.766
Vitamin B12, mg/dL	288(141-806)	303 (120-961)	0.920
tHcy, mg/dL	9.5 (4.8-31.7)	7.5 (4.4-13.4)	0.002

DBP - diastolic blood pressure; HDL - high-density lipoprotein; LDL - low-density lipoprotein; SBP - systolic blood pressure; tHcy - total homocysteine Parameters with normal distribution are shown as mean±SD, parameters with nonnormal distribution are shown as median (25%-75%). Variables with normal distribution were analyzed using the independent samples t-test and the Mann-Whitney U test was performed for variables with non-normal distribution