Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study population for age, anthropometry, and blood pressure in respect to gender.

Descriptive variables	Gender M/F	N	Mean	SD	SE
Age (years)	M	549	12.04	3.52	0.15
	F	653	12.98	3.83	0.15
SDS height	M	542	0.86	1.03	0.04
	F	647	0.65	1.05	0.04
SDS weight	M	542	0.68	1.09	0.05
	F	647	0.36	1.03	0.04
SDS BMI	M	542	0.31	1.23	0.05
	F	647	0.05	1.08	0.04
SDS waist circumference	M	484	0.67	1.23	0.06
	F	499	0.86	1.27	0.06
Waist to hip circumference ratio	M	544	0.85	0.06	0.00
	F	649	0.82	0.07	0.00
Waist circumference to height ratio	M	538	0.44	0.05	0.00
	F	648	0.44	0.05	0.00
SDS single measurement SBP	M	545	0.93	1.10	0.05
	F	648	0.01	1.27	0.05
SDS single measurement DBP	M	545	0.18	1.49	0.06
	F	648	1.12	1.07	0.04
SDS average SBP	M	401	0.33	1.15	0.06
	F	524	0.10	1.13	0.05
SDS average DBP	M	401	1.23	0.87	0.04
	F	524	1.17	0.90	0.04

M, male; F, female; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SDS, standard deviation score; N, number of subjects.