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Table 3 Adolescent clinical and biochemical variables by study group

From: Abdominal obesity and low physical activity are associated with insulin resistance in overweight adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Variables

O + IR n = 40

O-IR n = 40

NW n = 40

p*

HOMA (Me-RQ)

3.85-0.85

1.30-1.08

0.95-0.70

0.0001ab

TC (Me-RQ)

192.5-211

175-189

165-178

0.942

TG (Me-RQ)

149-401

101-328

81.5-308

0.015ab

HDL-c (Me-RQ)

39-42

49-61

50-60

0.001ab

LDL-c (Me-RQ)

100-142

92-145

87.5-95

0.470

AI (Me-RQ)

2.67-1.18

2.06-0.83

1.76-0.62

0.015ab

CI (Me-RQ)

4.44-5.7

3.69-4.0

3.53-5.2

0.005ab

hsCRP (Me-RQ)

1.32-15.94

0.81-12.65

0.39-15.78

0.020ab

DBP (Me-RQ)

67-39

67-33

62-31

0.954

SBP (Me-RQ)

111-56

110-39

100.5-33

0.342

  1. adifferences between O + IR and O-IR, bdifferences between NW and O + IR.
  2. *Kruskall-Wallis.
  3. TC: total cholesterol.
  4. TG: triglycerides.
  5. HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein.
  6. LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein.
  7. AI: arterial index (LDL-c/HDL-c).
  8. CI: Castelli index (TC/HDL-c).
  9. hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.
  10. DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
  11. SBP: systolic blood pressure.
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BMC Pediatrics

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