Table 4.
Subjects characteristics according to healthy group and group with risk factors.
| Healthy group | Risk factors | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | Median | 25th | 75th | N | Median | 25th | 75th | p-value |
| Anthropometrics | |||||||||
| Age (years) | 24 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 49 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 | 0.966 |
| Height (cm) | 24 | 132.50 | 127.25 | 144.75 | 49 | 133.00 | 127.00 | 138.50 | 0.279 |
| Weight (kg) | 24 | 27.30 | 24.78 | 36.00 | 49 | 28.20 | 25.75 | 33.80 | 0.920 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24 | 15.91 | 14.84 | 17.08 | 49 | 15.87 | 14.99 | 18.42 | 0.428 |
| BMI-SDS-LMS | 24 | −0.07 | −0.71 | 0.42 | 49 | 0.05 | −0.59 | 1.25 | 0.236 |
| Height-SDS-LMS | 24 | 0.66 | 0.30 | 1.43 | 49 | 0.28 | −0.12 | 0.93 | 0.014 |
| Fitness parameters | |||||||||
| VO2max (ml/kg/min) | 24 | 48.61 | 44.05 | 52.62 | 49 | 49.54 | 44.14 | 53.24 | 0.511 |
| Shuttle run rounds | 24 | 29.00 | 17.75 | 42.25 | 49 | 35.00 | 20.00 | 43.50 | 0.372 |
| Hand-grip left (kg) | 24 | 10.83 | 8.08 | 14.67 | 49 | 11.33 | 9.33 | 14.83 | 0.573 |
| Hand-grip right (kg) | 24 | 11.50 | 8.83 | 14.83 | 49 | 13.33 | 9.33 | 15.83 | 0.466 |
| Cardiovascular parameters | |||||||||
| Heart rate (bpm) | 24 | 74.00 | 70.00 | 84.25 | 49 | 86.00 | 75.50 | 93.50 | 0.002 |
| PSBP (mmHg) | 24 | 102.50 | 97.50 | 109.00 | 49 | 116.00 | 113.50 | 119.50 | <0.001 |
| PDBP (mmHg) | 24 | 60.50 | 58.00 | 65.50 | 49 | 69.00 | 62.50 | 73.50 | <0.001 |
| CSBP (mmHg) | 24 | 89.00 | 84.00 | 94.50 | 49 | 99.00 | 94.00 | 104.00 | <0.001 |
| CDBP (mmHg) | 24 | 62.50 | 60.00 | 67.75 | 49 | 70.00 | 66.00 | 75.50 | <0.001 |
| PWV (m/s) | 24 | 4.20 | 4.03 | 4.50 | 49 | 4.60 | 4.50 | 4.70 | <0.001 |
| BP systolic SDS (z) -Score | 24 | 0.18 | −0.61 | 0.71 | 49 | 1.90 | 1.44 | 2.24 | <0.001 |
| BP diastolic SDS (z) -Score | 24 | −0.34 | −0.70 | 0.35 | 49 | 1.12 | 0.01 | 1.85 | <0.001 |
| PWV age (z) -Score | 15 | −0.04 | −0.38 | 1.07 | 36 | 2.22 | 1.00 | 3.06 | <0.001 |
| PWV height (z) -Score | 22 | −0.68 | −1.29 | 0.25 | 45 | 1.44 | 0.92 | 2.27 | <0.001 |
| CSBD age (z) -Score | 15 | 0.26 | −1.03 | 0.68 | 36 | 1.60 | 0.53 | 2.51 | 0.005 |
| CSBD height (z) -Score | 22 | −0.47 | −1.33 | 0.06 | 45 | 1.58 | 0.25 | 1.85 | <0.001 |
P < 0.05 are shown in bold. Differences were testes using Mann-Whitney-U test. BMI. body mass index; PSBP. peripheral systolic blood pressure; PDBP. peripheral diastolic blood pressure; CSBP. central systolic blood pressure; CDBP. central diastolic blood pressure; PWV. pulse wave velocity; BP. blood pressure.