Table 2 Sociodemographic, anthropometric, and biochemical parameters for the group of obese and eutrophic children included in the study investigating the potential contribution of UCP3 SNP variants on the susceptibility of pediatric obesity
Groups | Obese (n = 123) | Eutrophic (n = 102) | Student’s t test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Means | SD | Means | SD | P |
Age (years) | 9.7 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 2.6 | 0.192 |
Weight (kg) | 55.6 | 20.0 | 30.4 | 10.0 | < 0.001* |
Height (cm) | 142.6 | 13.9 | 135.2 | 15.6 | < 0.001* |
Z -BMI | 3.1 | 1.0 | -0.4 | 0.8 | < 0.001* |
Mother’s BMI (kg/m2) | 29.6 | 6.3 | 24.3 | 3.3 | < 0.001* |
Father’s BMI (kg/m2) | 32.5 | 6.8 | 26.9 | 4.6 | < 0.001* |
Glucose (mg/dL) | 86.9 | 6.4 | 86.5 | 6.7 | 0.617 |
Insulin (µUl/mL) | 12.9 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 2.8 | < 0.001* |
HOMA-IR | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | < 0.001* |
TC (mg/dL) | 169.6 | 29.7 | 162.3 | 26.3 | 0.052* |
TG (mg/dL) | 94.3 | 44.1 | 74.9 | 30.5 | < 0.001* |
HDL-C (mg/dL) | 43.0 | 8.6 | 49.1 | 10.1 | < 0.001* |
LDL-C (mg/dL) | 106.8 | 28.7 | 97.5 | 23.9 | 0.010* |