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Table 1 General characteristics of obese youth stratified by sex (n = 182)

From: Intra-abdominal fat is related to metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fat liver disease in obese youth

 

Total (n = 182)

Male (n = 88)

Female (n = 94)

P

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Age (years)

11.0 (2.7)

11.1 (2.8)

11.1 (2.7)

0.994

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

82.0 (7.1)

82.7 (7.2)

81.1 (6.9)

0.126

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

115.11 (51.3)

117.7 (58.5)

112.6 (43.7)

0.507

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

163.5 (32.9)

164.8 (36.3)

162.3 (29.4)

0.601

HDL-C (mg/dL)

43.1 (9.9)

42.9 (10.4)

43.3 (9.4)

0.771

LDL-C (mg/dL)

97.4 (28.9)

98.4 (31.8)

96.4 (25.9)

0.641

IAAT (cm)

4.4 (1.6)

4.81 (1.65)

3.97 (1.34)

0.001

SCAT (cm)

3.3 (1.4)

3.34 (1.55)

3.22 (1.28)

0.550

%BF

46.1 (5.4)

44.6 (5.5)

46.6 (4.8)

0.012

TrunkBF (kg)

17.9 (6.9)

15.2 (7.1)

14.3 (7.8)

0.440

SBP (mmHg)

116.3 (19.6)

117.5 (22.4)

115.2 (16.5)

0.426

DBP (mmHg)

69.0 (11.9)

68.4 (13.4)

69.5 (10.2)

0.551

NAFLD (%)

26.4

36,4

17.0

0.005

MS components (%)

    

Hyperinsulinemia

65.4

69.3

61.7

0.356

EBP

35.7

37.5

34

0.740

Dyslipidemia

46.2

50

42.6

0.391

MS

48.4

52.3

44.7

0.381

  1. SD standard-deviation, HDL- C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL- C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure, IAAT intra-abdominal adipose tissue, SCAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, % BF percentage of body fatness, EBP elevated blood pressure, MS metabolic syndrome, NAFLD non-alcoholic fat liver disease.