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Table 1 General characteristics of the adolescents stratified by resting heart rate values (Brazil, n = 971)

From: Resting heart rate: its correlations and potential for screening metabolic dysfunctions in adolescents

Independent variables

<70 beats/min Mean (SD)

70-77.4 beats/min Mean (SD)

77.5-85.9 beats/min Mean (SD)

≥86 beats/min Mean (SD)

F

p

Age (years)

13.6 (1.6)a

13.1 (1.4)a

13.0 (1.4)a

12.6 (1.2)

20.057

0.001

%BF

20.5 (7.1)a

22.1 (7.1)

23 (7.4)

23.1 (7.5)

5.214

0.001

VO2peak (mL/kg/min)

40.5 (5.1)a

39.8 (5.3)

39.3 (4.9)

39.1 (4.2)

2.992

0.030

LDL-C (mg/dL)

95.5 (23)

97.4 (24)

99.1 (24)

100.8 (25)

1.886

0.130

HDL-C (mg/dL)

52.2 (12.9)

52.1 (12.7)

51.5 (13.5)

51.8 (13.1)

0.119

0.949

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

58.8 (26.8)a

60.5 (26.7)

65.5 (36.2)

69.5 (53.3)

3.348

0.019

TC (mg/dL)

159.5 (27.2)a

161.6 (27.4)

163.6 (27.6)

166.7 (27.7)

2.841

0.037

Glucose (mg/dL)

88.2 (6.3)

89.7 (16.1)

90.6 (15.7)

90.1 (6.4)

1.320

0.267

  1. SD = standard deviation; LDL-C = low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC = total cholesterol;%BF = percentage of body fatness; VO2peak = peak oxygen uptake; F = one way ANOVA; a = Tukey’s post hoc test with p-value <0.05 compared to the group ≥86 beats/min.