Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency in Obese Children and Adolescents and Its Relationship with Insulin Resistance

Table 1

Mean anthropometric data of the study and control groups.

	Obese; (𝑛=118)	Nonobese; (𝑛=68)	𝑃
Male/female	59/59	33/35	0.839
Age (years ± SD)	12±2.2	12.6±1.7	0.79
Waist circumference (cm)	87.1±10.6	68.2±14.7	0.027
BMI (kg/m²)	29.6±3.9	20.1±3	<0.001
BMI SDS	2.1±0.2	0.15±1	<0.001
BMI%	97.8±1.1	54±29.3	<0.001

SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index, BMI SDS: body mass index standard deviation score, BMI%: body mass index percentage.