Table 1.
Anthropometric values of children at V1 and V2.
| V2–V1 Difference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolic disease (n = 51) | Healthy (n = 43) | Disease-healthy difference | p-value (disease vs. healthy) | Metabolic disease | Healthy | p-value (V2–V1) | |
| Age V1(y) | 9.8 ± 0.6 | 9.8 ± 0.6 | −0.03 | 0.8 | 2.08 ± 0.13 | 2.1 ± 0.12 | 0.4 |
| Age V2(y) | 11.9 ± 0.6 | 11.9 ± 0.6 | −0.05 | 0.7 | |||
| Waist circumference V1 (cm) | 68.4 ± 5.4 | 60.1 ± 5.8 | 8.30 | <0.0001 | 20.65 ± 6.19 | 8.26 ± 7.87 | <0.0001 |
| Waist circumference V2 (cm) | 89.1 ± 4.6 | 68.4 ± 9.2 | 20.68 | <0.0001 | |||
| BMI V1(Kg/m2) | 21.0 ± 2.2 | 17.1 ± 1.8 | 3.93 | <0.0001 | 5.02 ± 1.78 | 1.43 ± 1.69 | <0.0001 |
| BMI V2 (Kg/m2) | 26.0 ± 1.5 | 18.5 ± 2.4 | 7.51 | <0.0001 | |||
| Systolic BP V1(mmHg) | 112.9 ± 14.9 | 103.7 ± 15.4 | 9.23 | 0.004 | 16.69 ± 18.01 | 5.35 ± 22.72 | 0.008 |
| Systolic BP V2(mmHg) | 129.6 ± 11.7 | 109.0 ± 16.0 | 20.57 | <0.0001 | |||
| Diastolic BP V1(mmHg) | 77.4 ± 13.0 | 67.7 ± 10.3 | 12.39 | 0.0001 | 12.39 ±17.17 | 8.58 ±16.5 | 0.3 |
| Diastolic BP V2(mmHg) | 89.8 ± 11.7 | 76.3 ± 13.5 | 8.58 | <0.0001 | |||
| Height V1 (cm) | 138.3 ± 6.7 | 134.3 ± 7.5 | 4.08 | 0.006 | 13.12 ± 3.70 | 13.16 ± 3.70 | 0.95 |
| Height V2 (cm) | 151.5 ± 6.7 | 147.4 ± 9.0 | 4.03 | 0.02 | |||
| Weight V1(Kg) | 40.3 ± 5.6 | 31.1 ± 6.2 | 9.19 | <0.0001 | 19.57 ± 4.29 | 9.5 ± 4.58 | <0.0001 |
| Weight V2(Kg) | 59.9 ± 6.4 | 40.6 ± 8.5 | 19.26 | <0.0001 | |||
| Male | 22 | 22 | |||||
| Female | 29 | 21 | |||||
P-values were computed by t-test and indicate the probability that differences between healthy and metabolic disease children were due to chance alone. Mean values ± standard deviations are listed for metabolic disease and healthy subjects. BMI, Body mass index; BP, Blood pressure.