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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Feb 5;28(3):616–623. doi: 10.1002/oby.22725

Table 1.

Descriptive and clinical characteristics of the non-surgical comparators and Teen-LABS prior to surgery.

Normal-weight Overweight Obesity Severe Obesity Teen-LABS pre-op
n 247 54 131 302 215
Age (yr) 15.9 (2.5) 16.8 (2.2) 16.3 (2.3) 16.4 (2.0) 17.0 (1.5)
Sex (male) (%) 41% 37% 44% 38% 25%
Race
 -White (%) 56% 56% 47% 55% 72%
 -Black (%) 42% 37% 51% 43% 22%
 -Other (%) 2% 7% 2% 2% 6%
Height (cm) 164.7 (10.8) 168.8 (8.9) 167.2 (10.2) 168.6 (9.0) 168.2 (8.6)
Weight (kg) 56.7 (11.5) 76.8 (10.9) 87.3 (13.5) 117.8 (20.8) 149.9 (30.5)
BMI (kg/m2) 20.7 (2.4) 26.9 (2.2) 31.1 (2.5) 41.3 (5.8) 52.9 (9.4)
Percent of the 95th BMI-Percentile 73.5 (6.9) 92.9 (5.1) 109.3 (5.7) 144.8 (21.1) 168.0 (30.6)
SBP (mmHg) 107.5 (10.2) 113.3 (8.9) 116.8 (10.2) 121.5 (11.8) 125.4 (13.4)
TC (mg/dL) 158(29) 168(34) 167 (32) 167 (32) 157(30)
HDL-c (mg/dL) 56(12) 53 (13) 46(10) 44 (12) 38 (9)
Smoking (%) 1.6% 1.9% 0.0% 2.7% 1.9%
Diabetes (%) 0% 13.0% 13.7% 13.6% 13.5%
Anti-HTN meds (%) 0% 5.6% 3.8% 5.3% 22.8%

Data are presented as mean (SD) and percentages.

Abbreviations (in order of appearance): pre-op = Before Surgery; BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-c = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ant-HTN meds = prescribed anti-hypertension medications.