Skip to main content
. 2022 Aug 23;22:497. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03551-4

Table 1.

Sample characteristics

Total Male Female
n = 118 n = 43 n = 75
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Age (decimal) 14.60 (1.46) 14.14 (1.51) 14.87 (1.37)
Body weight (kg) 58.62 (12.73) 59.66 (12.46) 58.03 (12.92)
Height (m) 1.62 (0.08) 1.65 (0.09) 1.61 (0.06)*
BMI (Kg/m2) 22.09 (4.32) 21.74 (4.13) 22.29 (4.44)
WC (cm) 69.02 (9.54) 73.32 (9.90) 66.56 (8.46)*
APGV (years) 12.89 (0,82) 13.65 (0.53) 12.46 (0.62)*
SBP (mmHg) 123.62 (13.88) 125.47 (13.76) 122.56 (13.93)
DBP (mmHg) 71.78 (9.74) 69.39 (9.17) 73.14 (9.84)*
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Family history of hypertension
Positive 41 (34.7) 15 (34.9) 26 (34.7)
Negative 77 (65.3) 28 (65.1) 49 (65.3)

Caption: BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, APGV Age peak growth velocity, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure

*p < 0.05