Table 1.

Characteristics of the studied populations. Values are presented as mean +/− SD or n (%).

	CHOP 5.5 years (n = 396)	Included in the meta-analysis
		CHOP 8 years (n = 355)	UBCS 8 years (n = 413)	GINIplus/LISA 10 years (n = 252)
Age (years)	5.5 ± 0.07	8.1 ± 0.10	8.2 ± 0.16	10.2 ± 0.25
Sex (female)	198 (50%)	180 (51%)	207 (51%)a	126 (50%)
BMI (kg/cm²)	15.9 ± 2.00	16.9 ± 2.76	16.1 ± 2.05	18.6 ± 2.96
zBMI	0.2 ± 1.00	0.2 ± 1.08	−0.2 ± 0.96	0.3 ± 1.01
Height (cm)	113.7 ± 4.51	129.5 ± 5.63	131.3 ± 5.35	144.9 ± 6.75
Weight (kg)	20.7 ± 3.49	28.5 ± 6.21	27.9 ± 4.91	39.2 ± 8.39
HOMA	1.3 ± 0.68	1.8 ± 0.70	0.6 ± 0.36	1.9 ± 1.20
Insulin(µU/ml)	6.4 ± 3.08	8.8 ± 3.16	2.9 ± 1.52	8.5 ± 5.19
Glucose (mg/dl)	82.8 ± 6.86	83.5 ± 7.66	88.6 ± 11.90	87.3 ± 6.19
LDL (mg/dl)	99.3 ± 26.22	94.5 ± 24.52		95.3 ± 27.43
HDL (mg/dl)	54.3 ± 14.43	60.3 ± 15.45		51.4 ± 12.01
LDL/HDL	2.4 ± 8.19	1.7 ± 0.69		1.9 ± 0.70
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	61.0 ± 36.56	59.2 ± 26.48		87.5 ± 37.71
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	166.4 ± 30.51	166.9 ± 26.77		196.4 ± 36.52
ApoB (g/l)			0.69 ± 0.1
ApoAI (g/l)			1.47 ± 0.2
ApoB/ApoAI			0.48 ± 0.11

^aEleven subjects had no information on sex.