Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the TLGS adolescents among included and excluded participants
| Excluded participants (N = 1375) |
Included participants (N = 1579) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 14.03(2.53) | 14.16(2.50) | 0.16 |
| Female, n (%) | 657(47.8) | 874(55.4) | <0.001 |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 | 19.85(4.40) | 20.0(4.22) | 0.36 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 68.74(11.05) | 68.60(10.28) | 0.73 |
| Wrist circumference, cm | 15.30(1.43) | 15.27(1.38) | 0.78 |
| Hip circumference, cm | 85.47(11.97) | 86.22(11.75) | 0.09 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 105.3(12.0) | 105.0(11.6) | 0.42 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 71.3(9.3) | 70.8(9.1) | 0.15 |
| Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L | 4.93(0.68) | 4.90(0.44) | 0.19 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 4.34(0.86) | 4.37(0.83) | 0.43 |
| Triglyceridea, mmol/L | 1.05(0.70) | 1.09(0.70) | 0.01 |
| High density lipoprotein, mmol/L | 1.12(0.27) | 1.12(0.28) | 0.93 |
| Glumerolar Filteration Rate ml/min/1.73 m2 | 111.37(16.0) | 110.11(15.78) | 0.03 |
Mean (SD) shown for continuous variables and P value calculated with t-test; % shown for categorical variables with P value according to chi-square
aTriglyceride was shown as median (inter-quartile range) and P value according to Mann-Whitney test