. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 20.

Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2011;24(1-2):29–33. doi: 10.1515/jpem.2011.107

Table 1.

Study population clinical characteristics.

Characteristics	BMI ≥ 85th percentile n=19	BMI <85th percentile n=15	p-Value^*
Age	13.00±2.56	15.20±3.74	0.068
M:F	8:11	6:9
Height, cm	165.51±14.39	164.93±12.71	0.958
Height SDS	1.28±1.04	0.82±0.88	0.267
Weight, kg	03.72±31.79	59.14±12.71	<0.001
BMI, kg/m²	37.07±6.68	21.33±2.16	<0.001
BMI percentile	98.84±0.5	64.80±19.25	<0.001
% Body fat	43.33±20.78	20.79±8.55	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	125±14.35	113±10.48	0.012
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	71.79±8.42	64.60±6.87	0.015
Waist, cm	110.24±15.92	75.36±6.04	<0.001

p-Value of the characteristic parameter was <0.05, it was considered significantly different.