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Table 1 Characteristics of children and adolescents included in the analysis according to sex

From: BMI-based obesity classification misses children and adolescents with raised cardiometabolic risk due to increased adiposity

 

Boys

Girls

P

n

175

378

 

Age, y

13.7 ± 2.7

14.2 ± 2.9

0.057

Height, m

1.63 ± 0.15

1.59 ± 0.11

< 0.001

Weight, kg

70.8 ± 21.7

63.3 ± 19.1

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

26.3 ± 5.7

25.0 ± 6.3

0.022

Body fat, %

30.4 ± 13.2

33.2 ± 10.5

0.012

WC, cm

88 ± 15

81 ± 14

< 0.001

WHR

0.90 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.08

< 0.001

WHtR

0.55 ± 0.09

0.51 ± 0.09

< 0.001

Visceral fat (cm2)

124 ± 80

76 ± 38

< 0.001

Tanner stage

2.41 ± 1.41

3.40 ± 1.65

< 0.001

     Stage 1, %

31

19

 

     Stage 2, %

35

19

 

     Stage 3, %

14

11

 

     Stage 4, %

3

5

 

     Stage 5, %

17

46

 

SBP, mm Hg

110 ± 13

105 ± 12

< 0.001

DBP, mm Hg

66 ± 8

64 ± 8

0.016

Cole’s classification

   

     Normal weight, n (%)

47 (27)

150 (40)

 

     Overweight, n (%)

41 (23)

103 (27)

 

     Obesity, n (%)

87 (50)

125 (33)

 
  1. Data are mean ± SD or n (%). BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure. Differences between sexes were analyzed by unpaired Student’s t tests
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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