Table 1 Demographic and clinic data of normal-weight and overweight/obese 6-10-year-old children from Campos
From: Is waist-to-height ratio a useful indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in 6-10-year-old children?
Group | Normal-weight | Overweight/obese | Statistical significance |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 88 | n = 87 | ||
Girls | 40 (45%) | 37 (43%) | p = 0.8122 |
White | 41 (47%) | 43 (49%) | p = 0.7630 |
Age (median ± SD) | 8.08 ± 1.24 | 8.28 ± 1.15 | p = 0.2703 |
WHtR (median ± SD) | 0.45 ± 0.004 | 0.58 ± 0.007 | p < 0.0001 |
Height/age z score | −0.31 ± 1.08 | 0.84 ± 1.17 | p < 0.0001 |
Waist (cm, median ± SD) | 56.8 ± 5.22 | 76.5 ± 10.80 | p < 0.0001 |
BMI z score (median ± SD) | −0,16 ± 0.64 | 2.90 ± 0.13 | p < 0.0001 |
SBP z score (median ± SD) | −0.91 ± 1.12 | 0.94 ± 0.16 | p < 0.0001 |
DBP z score (median ± SD) | 0.32 ± 0.85 | 1.71 ± 1.15 | p < 0.0001 |