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Table 1 Changes in anthropometric and biochemical measures after the lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity (N = 106)

From: Changes in objectively measured physical activity after a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity: a randomized control trial

 

Usual care group (n = 27)

Intensive care group (n = 79)

P 2

Baseline

8 week

P1

Baseline

8 week

P 1

Age

10.74 (2.39)

33/67

 

11.50 (2.48)

39/61

  

Sex (male/female) (%)

  

Tanner Stage (I,II,III,IV,V) (%)

37.4/ 4.1/ 29.16/ 4.1/ 25

32.9/21.1/14.4/6.6/25

  

Waist circumference (cm)

86.97 (11.53)

82.54 (10.51)

< 0.001

86.30 (10.98)

82.37 (11.15)

< 0.001

0.926

Weight (Kg)

64.81 (17.32)

62.92 (16.41)

< 0.001

66.96 (19.21)

64.29 (19.13)

< 0.001

0.057

Height (cm)

149.28 (12.64)

150.47 (12.66)

< 0.001

151.77 (13.18)

152.63 (13.03)

< 0.001

0.063

BMI (Kg/m2)

28.54 (4.35)

27.31 (4.09)

< 0.001

28.40 (4.46)

26.91 (4.62)

< 0.001

0.075

BMI-SDS

3.07 (1.24)

2.62 (1.29)

0.002

2.83 (0.98)

2.32 (1.03)

< 0.001

0.016

Hip circumference (cm)

98.34 (12.02)

96.71 (10.92)

0.012

99.07 (12.77)

96.42 (13.37)

< 0.001

0.024

Waist to hip ratio

0.88 (0.07)

0.85 (0.06)

< 0.001

0.87 (0.06)

0.85 (0.06)

< 0.001

0.066

Waist to height ratio

0.58 (0.05)

0.54 (0.05)

< 0.001

0.56 (0.04)

0.53 (0.04)

< 0.001

0.971

Glucose (mg/dL)

92.18 (6.45)†

86.40 (5.09)

< 0.001

88.10 (6.08)†

85.59 (6.28)

0.004

0.738

Insulin (μU/mL)

20.34 (20.29)

17.93 (15.35)

0.329

15.30 (7.15)

13.09 (6.01)

0.010

0.147

HOMA-IR

4.65 (4.82)

3.92 (3.35)

0.271

3.37 (1.73)

2.80 (1.33)

0.006

0.187

Leptin (ng/mL)

38.82 (19.24)

23.49 (14.95)

< 0.001

30.58 (15.22)

22.35 (20.63)

< 0.001

0.505

  1. Values are means (SD) or %. Abdominal obesity was defined as WC above the sex and age-specific 90th percentile. † Baseline differences p = 0.016; P1 paired ttest for the group comparison after intervention program; The change in each variable was calculated as the difference between post- and pre- intervention values for each subject (usual care or intensive care subjects); P2 is for the comparison between groups (usual care vs. intensive care) of the mean change in each variable adjusted for the corresponding variable at baseline, baseline BMI-SDS, sex and Tanner stage
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, BMI-SDS Standard deviation score for body mass index
  3. P values below 0.05 are written in boldface
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