Table 2.

Demographic variables and cardiometabolic health outcomes among adolescents with type 2 diabetes stratified according to participation in vigorous-intensity physical activity

Variable	No vigorous-intensity physical activity	Vigorous-intensity physical activity	P value
n	97	67
Female, n (%)	67 (69.1)	46 (68.7)	1.000
Rural, n (%)	79 (81.4)	49 (73.1)	0.284
Indigenous, n (%)	94 (96.9)	56 (83.6)	1.00
Smoking, n (%)	36 (37.1)	11 (16.4)	0.007
Mean age (years)	15.32 (2.79)	14.81 (2.08)	0.210
Median duration of diabetes (years)	2.50 (1.53–4.63)	2.53 (1.07–3.96)	0.324
Mean BMI Z-score	2.31 (1.07)	2.53 (1.09)	0.191
Mean HbA1c (%)	10.0 (2.42)	9.01 (2.74)	0.016
Mean 24-hour SBP (mm Hg)	126.0 (9.3)	122.9 (10.1)	0.05
Mean 24-hour DBP (mm Hg)	73.2 (5.5)	70.0 (6.1)	<0.001
Mean 24-hour MAP (mm Hg)	90.3 (6.1)	87.3 (6.1)	0.003
Median daytime systolic load (%)	28.1 (15.4–55.3)	23.6 (9.0–48.2)	0.189
Median daytime diastolic load (%)	15.9 (6.8–25.8)	10.10 (3.7–20.8)	0.052
Mean night-time systolic load	55.7 (32.4)	43.87 (31.2)	0.030
Mean LDL (mmol/L)	2.38 (0.77)	2.36 (0.56)	0.850
Mean HDL (mmol/L)	1.18 (0.38)	1.17 (0.28)	0.841
Median triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.40 (1.00–2.70)	1.60 (1.00–2.10)	0.901
Physical activity (MET-hour/week)	34.3 (13.4–80.6)	62.4 (37.7–121.4)	<0.001

Data are presented as mean (SD) for normally distributed variables and median (IQR) for non-normally distributed variables.

BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MAP, mean arterial pressure; MET, metabolic equivalent; SBP, systolic blood pressure.