Table 2 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of children according to nutritional status
Normal | Overweight | Obese | Ordinary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medium | IQR | Medium | IQR | Medium | IQR | P-trend | |
Number (boys/girls) | 231 (122/109) | 44 (24/20) | 50 (29/21) | ||||
Height¤ (cm) | 155.51 | 7.33 | 156.62 | 6.84 | 159.64## | 6.55 | 0.0002 |
Weight¤ (kg) | 44.67 | 6.68 | 57.38** | 5.32 | 70.80## | 9.59 | <0.0001 |
Waist¤ (cm) | 64.96 | 6.20 | 78.60** | 5.87 | 87.07## | 9.56 | <0.0001 |
Body fat¤ (%) | 18.57 | 5.56 | 26.51** | 4.52 | 32.10## | 7.45 | <0.0001 |
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 90.00 | 8.00 | 91.50 | 8.50 | 92.00# | 11.00 | 0.0005 |
Fasting serum insulin | 11.37 | 5.96 | 16.20** | 6.19 | 28.44## | 19.68 | <0.0001 |
HOMA-IR | 2.58 | 1.40 | 3.63** | 1.50 | 6.50## | 4.58 | <0.0001 |
SBP (mmHg) | 109.00 | 12.00 | 111.50 | 15.50 | 116.00## | 11.00 | <0.0001 |
DBP (mmHg) | 62.00 | 11.00 | 61.00 | 10.00 | 66.00## | 8.00 | 0.0065 |
HDL- cholesterol (mg/dL) | 58.00 | 17.00 | 49.00** | 14.00 | 42.50## | 13.00 | <0.0001 |
LDL- cholesterol (mg/dL) | 88.00 | 29.00 | 92.50 | 36.50 | 88.50 | 24.00 | 0.6458 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 158.00 | 37.00 | 160.50 | 47.00 | 151.00 | 33.00 | 0.1283 |
Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 62.00 | 32.00 | 68.00 | 44.00 | 78.00## | 51.00 | <0.0001 |
Serum iron (ug/dL) | 86.00 | 45.00 | 87.50 | 39.00 | 80.00 | 38.00 | 0.3875 |
Serum TIBC (ug/dL) | 342.00 | 58.00 | 359.00 | 61.00 | 343.00 | 59.00 | 0.6752 |
Serum ferritin (ng/dL) | 50.00 | 42.00 | 40.00 | 42.50 | 47.00 | 34.00 | 0.4136 |
Transferritin Saturation (%) | 24.90 | 14.18 | 25.32 | 15.65 | 22.89 | 11.51 | 0.5224 |
Hepcidin (ng/ml) | 123.19 | 22.02 | 107.26 | 25.80 | 120.07# | 34.35 | 0.0062 |
TNFα (pg/ml) | 16.69 | 10.37 | 21.42* | 12.30 | 21.56 | 11.44 | 0.1982 |
IFNγ (pg/ml) | 5.92 | 3.10 | 6.41 | 2.48 | 6.16 | 3.38 | 0.8630 |
IL10 (pg/ml) | 9.87 | 3.69 | 8.13* | 2.74 | 9.08 | 3.41 | 0.5265 |
IL1β (pg/ml) | 0.90 | 0.41 | 1.15* | 0.62 | 1.11## | 0.75 | 0.0006 |
NO (uM) | 6.13 | 5.74 | 9.54** | 5.97 | 8.05 | 4.29 | 0.0606 |