Table 1.

General characteristics of the study populations

	Non-obese	Obese	P-value
Number	1325	705	–
Female (%)	591 (44.6)	221 (31.3)	< 0.001*
Age, years	12.93 ± 2.72	12.85 ± 2.59	0.497
BMI, kg/m2	21.53 ± 3.45	28.12 ± 3.94	< 0.001*
Waist circumference, cm	71.78 ± 9.91	88.12 ± 11.27	< 0.001*
Hip circumference, cm	88.75 ± 11.23	100.68 ± 11.15	< 0.001*
WHR	0.81 ± 0.06	0.88 ± 0.06	< 0.001*
FPG, mmol/L	4.93 ± 0.66	4.90 ± 0.75	0.332
IFG (%)	184 (13.9)	104 (14.8)	0.595

Data were provided as mean ± s.d. if not indicated otherwise. BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose

WHR waist-hip ratio

*P < 0.05