Table 1. Summary of the population characteristics for Korea childhood obesity.

Variables	Controls	Cases	P
Age	13.93 ± 0.77	13.94 ± 0.84	0.6805
N (M/F)	387 (199/188)	305 (159/146)	0.8784
BMI	19.44 ± 1.34	31.71 ± 3.94	<0.0001
WHR	0.76 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.06	<0.0001
FPG	5.16 ± 0.39	5.23 ± 0.8	<0.0001

The values are indicated by mean ± standard deviation (SD), BMI: body mass index (kg/m²), FPG: fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL), WHR: waist-hip Ratio, P values <0.05 are described as bold characters.