Table 1.

Population characteristics and laboratory values on the baseline visit (mean and standard deviations) and distribution of measurements (number and percentage) per pubertal stage for girls and boys

	Male N = 1249	Female N = 1185
Population characteristics baseline visit
Age (years)	7.63 (4.93)	8.22 (5.12)
BMI SDS	− 0.03 (0.94)	0.00 (1.00)
Cholesterol SDS	0.02 (1.02)	0.03 (1.00)
HDL SDS	0.10 (1.00)	0.11 (0.95)
LDL SDS	− 0.04 (1.01)	− 0.02 (1.00)
Triglycerides SDS	− 0.11 (0.93)	− 0.09 (0.94)

Distribution of measurements per pubertal stage
	Male N = 1115	Female N = 1471
Tanner stage
1	594 (53.3%)	510 (34.7%)
2	245 (22.0%)	235 (16.0%)
3	72 (6.46%)	199 (13.5%)
4	115 (10.3%)	223 (15.2%)
5	89 (7.98%)	304 (20.7%)