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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Feb;27(2):288–294. doi: 10.1002/oby.22369

Table 1.

Baseline descriptive and clinical characteristics of each cohort

Measurement Lifestyle Pharmacotherapy Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
(N=53) (N=40) (N=78)
Mean Follow-up Duration (baseline to last visit, days) 144 (102.1) 138 (61.4) 370 (47.1)
Age (Years) 15.2 (1.06) 14.5 (1.88) 17.3 (1.67)
Sex (n [%] Male) 26 (49.1%) 13 (32.5%) 25 (32.1%)
BMI (kg/m2) 39.2 (5.95) 40.2 (5.99) 55.8 (11.0)
Percent of 95th BMI Percentile 143 (23.6) 149 (20.6) 195 (41.1)6
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) 153 (30.4)8 154 (22.1) 167 (32.5)65
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 141 (72.1)8 124 (82.8) 105 (39.4)65
HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) 39.9 (7.44)8 38.6 (7.23) 40.0 (8.59)65
Non-HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) 113 (30.0)8 115 (22.3) 101 (49.9)65
LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) 84.9 (22.3)8 91.6 (18.2)1 108 (29.1)65
Fasting Glucose (mg/dL) 93.3 (7.73)11 79.7 (9.71) 83.0 (14.6)65
Fasting Insulin (U/L) 31.8 (37.1)12 25.0 (17.0)1 22.3 (11.2)65
HOMA-IR 7.47 (9.05)12 5.02 (3.6)1 4.78 (2.87)65
Systolic BP (mmHg) 127 (14.7)8 122 (11.5) 125 (13.0)3
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 73.8 (8.55)8 67.9 (9.66) 73.5 (9.71)3

Values expressed are mean (SD) or N (%) where indicated.

Superscripts represent number of observations missing.