Table 2.
Levels of metabolic parameters measured in serum or plasma after an overnight fast in 13–15-year-old children.
| Variable | Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Median | Min | Max | n | Median | Min | Max | |
| Insulin (µU/mL serum) | 54 | 8.15 | 3.50 | 40.30 | 43 | 9.00 | 3.90 | 22.50 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/L plasma) | 52 | 5.20 | 4.60 | 6.00 | 41 | 5.20 | 4.00 | 5.90 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L serum) | 54 | 3.65 | 2.34 | 5.92 | 43 | 3.92 | 2.90 | 5.73 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L serum) | 54 | 1.43 | 0.87 | 2.39 | 43 | 1.41 | 0.91 | 2.23 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L serum) | 54 | 1.95 | 0.93 | 4.10 | 43 | 2.22 | 1.30 | 3.76 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L serum) | 54 | 0.72 | 0.35 | 1.94 | 43 | 0.79 | 0.36 | 1.82 |
| Leptin (ng/mL plasma) | 48 | 1.93 | 0.16 | 49.06 | 40 | 11.48 | 2.52 | 62.58 |
| Adiponectin (in ng/mL plasma) c | 48 | 16.80 | 3.32 | 32.24 | 39 | 12.41 | 3.35 | 26.50 |
| LDL-C/HDL-C ratio (mean ± SD) | 54 | 1.53 ± 0.63 | 43 | 1.70 ± 0.69 | ||||
| HOMA2-IR d (mean ± SD) | 52 | 1.16 ± 0.54 | 41 | 1.27 ± 0.51 | ||||
HOMA2-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; a for n = 4, the levels of glucose were not measured; b for n = 9, no plasma samples were available; c for n = 1, no exact level of adiponectin was available; d serum insulin levels and plasma glucose levels were included in HOMA2-calculator.