|
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
|
- Data are presented as median ± interquartile range (IQR).
-
¤ presented as mean ± standard error of mean (SEM).
-
#, * p<0.05. Statistically different versus normal weight children by t-test.
-
## ,** p<0.01. Statistically different versus normal weight children by t-test.