Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a National Sample of Adolescent Population in the Middle East and North Africa: The CASPIAN III Study
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of the study participants according to gender: CASPIAN III Study.
Variables
Boys
Girls
Total
value
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Age (yrs)
14.6 ± 2.4
14.7 ± 2.3
14.7 ± 2.4
0.24
Weight (kg)
46.0 ± 13.2
48.4 ± 16.5
47.2 ± 15.0
<0.01
Height (cm)
151.8 ± 11.6
156.5 ± 15.6
154.1 ± 13.9
<0.01
BMI (kg/m2)
19.6 ± 4.12
19.2 ± 4.0
19.4 ± 4.1
<0.01
Waist (cm)
67.5 ± 22.2
70.0 ± 19.4
68.8 ± 20.8
<0.01
WHR
0.45 ± 0.2
0.50 ± 0.2
0.47 ± 0.2
0.08
SBP (mmHg)
101.5 ± 13.62
104.9 ± 13.9
103.2 ± 13.9
<0.01
DBP (mmHg)
64.8 ± 10.47
66.9 ± 11.11
65.8 ± 10.8
<0.01
TC (mg/dL)
151.1 ± 31.6
145.5 ± 31.5
148.4 ± 31.7
<0.01
HDL-C (mg/dL)
46.4 ± 14.2
45.9 ± 14.3
46.2 ± 14.2
0.24
LDL-C (mg/dL)
86.1 ± 27.2
82.1 ± 44.3
84.1 ± 27.2
<0.01
TG (mg/dL)
94.2 ± 40.8
91.8 ± 44.3
93.0 ± 42.6
0.04
FBG (mg/dL)
87 ± 14.7
88.3 ± 12.8
87.6 ± 13.8
<0.01
WHR: waist to height ratio, BMI: body mass index (kg/m2), SBP: systolic blood pressure (mmHg), DBP: diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), TC: total cholesterol (mg/dL), HDL: high-density lipoprotein (mg/dL), LDL: low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL), TG: triglyceride (mg/dL), FBS: fasting blood glucose (mg/dL).
