Table 1.

General characteristics of study participants

Variable	Obese	Control	P value
N	38	38
Boys N (%)	21 (55.3)	21 (55.3)
Age (years)a	9.7 ± 3.6	10.1 ± 3.7	0.729ǂ
Weight (Kg)a	65.6 ± 13.7	35.2 ± 27.5	<0.0001ǂ
Z-score-Height	1.27 [0.29 - 1.91]	−0.15 [−0.74 - 0.60]	<0.0001¶
BMI (Kg/m2)a	29.3 ± 7.3	17.4 ± 2.4	<0.0001¶
Z score-BMIb	+3.3 [2–7]	0 [−1.5 + 1]	<0.0001¶
WC (cm)b	88.5 [80.0-96.5]	61.0 [56.0-65.0]	<0,0001¶

^amean ± SD; ^b median [IQR]; ǂ t-test; ¶ Man-Whitney test