Table 1. Characteristics of study population.
| VARIABLE | CONTROLS | OBESE | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 16.52 (2.6) | 16.44 (2.7) | 0.898 |
| Height (cm) | 170.08 (12.2) | 170.50 (8.7) | 0.881 |
| Weight (kg) | 61.34 (12.1) | 96.71 (15.1) | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.02 (2.3) | 33.2 (4.4) | < 0.001 |
| Fat mass (%) | 18.67 (7.2) | 38.70 (7.3) | < 0.001 |
| Skeletal Muscle Mass (kg) | 27.81 (6.9) | 33.31 (7.0) | 0.004 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 72.29 (7.0) | 99.07 (11.8) | < 0.001 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 94.61 (7.7) | 117.55 (7.4) | < 0.001 |
| WHR (-) | 0.76 (0.05) | 0.84 (0.09) | < 0.001 |
| VFA (cm2) | 32.51 (20.0) | 130.0 (38.4) | < 0.001 |
| BSA (m2) | 1.709 (0.22) | 2.077 (0.19) | < 0.001 |
| office SBP (mmHg) | 115 (14) | 117 (19) | 0.232 |
| office DBP (mmHg) | 75.2 (10.3) | 80.6 (12.5) | 0.025 |
Values are expressed as mean (SD). BMI – Body Mass Index, WHR – Waist to Hip Ratio; VFA – Visceral Fat Area; BSA – Body Surface Area (Du Bois formula); office SBP, office DBP – systolic and diastolic blood pressure (means of the 2nd and 3rd sphygmomanometric office blood pressure measurements);
Italic = Mann-Whitney U test; non-italic = t-test (based on Shapiro-Wilk normality test)