Table 1.
General characteristics of the subjects according to the height percentile in 5,207 adolescents.
| Height percentile | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <10th | 10–29th | 30–69th | 70–89th | ≥90th | ||
| Boys | ||||||
| No. | 267 | 557 | 1102 | 571 | 279 | |
| Age (year) | 15.1 (14.8–15.3) | 15.0 (14.8–15.2) | 15.2 (15.0–15.3) | 15.0 (14.9–15.2) | 15.1 (14.8–15.3) | 0.768 |
| Height (cm) | 158.4 (157.2–159.5) | 163.9 (163.2–164.5) | 169.5 (169.1–169.9) | 174.6 (174.1–175.1) | 180.3 (179.6–181.0) | <0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 69.1 (67.6–70.5) | 71.1 (70.1–72.2) | 73.1 (72.3–73.9) | 76.2 (75.2–77.3) | 77.4 (75.9–78.9) | <0.001 |
| BMI(kg/m2) | 20.4 (19.9–21.0) | 21.0 (20.6–21.4) | 21.4 (21.1–21.7) | 22.1 (21.7–22.5) | 22.1 (21.6–22.7) | <0.001 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 107.9 (106.0–109.8) | 109.6 (108.6–110.6) | 110.4 (109.6–111.2) | 112.5 (111.5–113.5) | 111.2 (109.8–112.6) | <0.001 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 66.2 (64.8–67.6) | 67.8 (67.0–68.7) | 68.5 (67.8–69.2) | 69.6 (68.8–70.4) | 69.2 (68.1–70.4) | <0.001 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 90.1 (89.0–91.2) | 89.5 (88.8–90.1) | 89.2 (88.8–89.7) | 90.2 (89.5–90.9) | 89.7 (88.7–90.7) | 0.184 |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.376 | |||||
| No | 226 (79.0%) | 491 (86.4%) | 949 (83.2%) | 497 (83.5%) | 233 (82.2%) | |
| Occasionally | 34 (19.3%) | 56 (12.7%) | 128 (14.8%) | 64 (15.2%) | 36 (14.8%) | |
| Excessively | 3 (1.7%) | 5 (0.9%) | 17 (2.0%) | 6 (1.3%) | 6 (3.0%) | |
| Physical activity | 0.787 | |||||
| No | 160 (59.0%) | 333 (58.9%) | 634 (57.1%) | 325 (57.4%) | 165 (61.7%) | |
| Yes | 102 (41.0%) | 217 (41.1%) | 457 (42.9%) | 241 (42.6%) | 109 (38.3%) | |
| Household income | 0.399 | |||||
| Quartile 1 | 37 (14.4%) | 65 (13.7%) | 130 (12.9%) | 59 (11.8%) | 28 (12.7%) | |
| Quartile 2 | 73 (32.2%) | 127 (26.5%) | 241 (25.9%) | 139 (26.4%) | 66 (24.7%) | |
| Quartile 3 | 77 (32.2%) | 185 (26.0%) | 341 (25.9%) | 184 (26.4%) | 85 (24.7%) | |
| Quartile 4 | 80 (27.3%) | 170 (28.0%) | 371 (32.9%) | 186 (30.0%) | 96 (31.6%) | |
| Girls | ||||||
| No. | 236 | 487 | 976 | 484 | 248 | |
| Age (year) | 15.2 (14.9–15.5) | 15.0 (14.8–15.2) | 15.05 (14.9–15.2) | 15.1 (14.9–15.3) | 15.3 (15.0–15.6) | 0.574 |
| Height (cm) | 150.0 (149.4–150.7) | 155.2 (155.0–155.5) | 159.9 (15938–160.1) | 164.5 (164.3–164.7) | 169.2 (168.9–169.5) | <0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 65.7 (64.6–66.9) | 67.6 (66.7–68.5) | 68.7 (69.6–71.6) | 70.6 (69.6–71.6) | 71.5 (70.5–72.5) | <0.001 |
| BMI(kg/m2) | 20.5 (20.0–21.0) | 20.9 (20.6–21.4) | 20.8 (20.6–21.1) | 21.0 (20.6–21.4) | 21.1 (20.7–21.6) | 0.390 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 103.1 (101.6–104.8) | 103.8 (102.9–104.7) | 104.3 (103.6–105.1) | 105.3 (104.3–106.3) | 105.1 (103.9–106.3) | 0.093 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 65.8 (64.3–67.3) | 65.8 (65.0–66.7) | 66.3 (65.6–66.9) | 67.6 (66.8–68.5) | 67.9 (66.8–69.1) | 0.002 |
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 89.4 (86.8–92.0) | 88.2 (87.4–88.9) | 88.2 (87.7–88.7) | 88.6 (87.9–89.3) | 89.5 (88.6–90.4) | 0.150 |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.481 | |||||
| No | 212 (88.9%) | 441 (90.3%) | 887 (88.0%) | 439 (88.9%) | 219 (87.4%) | |
| Occasionally | 17 (9.1%) | 33 (7.8%) | 79 (11.0%) | 36 (9.4%) | 24 (12.4%) | |
| Excessively | 4 (2.0%) | 5 (1.9%) | 7 (1.0%) | 6 (1.7%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Physical activity | 0.342 | |||||
| No | 162 (70.2%) | 320 (64.1%) | 664 (67.2%) | 329 (69.1%) | 162 (62.1%) | |
| Yes | 70 (29.8%) | 158 (35.9%) | 308 (32.8%) | 148 (30.9%) | 82 (37.9%) | |
| Household income | 0.647 | |||||
| Quartile 1 | 33 (15.9%) | 66 (15.4%) | 119 (14.2%) | 55 (13.4%) | 25 (11.3%) | |
| Quartile 2 | 71 (32.3%) | 136 (29.2%) | 233 (24.6%) | 109 (25.4%) | 64 (28.8%) | |
| Quartile 3 | 76 (29.1%) | 144 (28.7%) | 305 (32.2%) | 161 (32.3%) | 79 (31.3%) | |
| Quartile 4 | 53 (22.7%) | 135 (26.7%) | 309 (29.0%) | 150 (28.9%) | 76 (28.6%) | |
The data were present as mean (95% confidence interval) or number (%).
BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; WC, waist circumference.