Table 1.

Comparison of characteristics of the study population between males and females by weight status

	Overweight		Obesea
	males (16.9%)	females (83.1%) p value	males (49.3%)	females (50.7%)	p value
Subjects	n = 11	n = 49		n = 97 (Ob); n = 43 (mOb)	n = 128 (Ob); n = 16 (mOb)
Age, years	12.4±2.2	14.3±2.1	0.015	13.2±2.0	13.5±2.0	0.234
BMI-SDSb	1.86±0.1	1.71±0.2	0.031	2.81±0.4	2.61±0.4	<0.0001
WC-SDS***	1.02±0.3	1.27±0.4	0.049	2.05±0.4	2.02±0.3	0.436
WC, cm	76.4±4.5	78.7±5.4	0.212	94.2±10.3	89.8±8.8	<0.0001
WHtR	0.48±0.03	0.48±0.03	0.896	0.57±0.05	0.55±0.04	0.0001
WHpR	0.84±0.06	0.79±0.05	0.013	0.91±0.17	0.82±0.05	<0.0001
SSFT, mm	71.5±14.3	81.4±15.9	0.076	104.4±21.9	106.4±22.6	0.469

Ob, obese; mOb, morbidly obese; BMI-SDS, body mass index standard deviation score; WC-SDS, waist circumference standard deviation score; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; SSFT, sum of skin-fold thicknesses.

^aIncluded Ob and mOb participants.

^bEvaluated according to IOTF standards [34].

^c Evaluated according to the Polish reference for WC [35].