Sex Differences in Vascular Compliance in Normal-Weight but Not Obese Boys and Girls: The Effect of Body Composition

Table 1

Subject characteristics.

	Normal-weight boys (𝑁=30)	Normal-weight girls (𝑁=31)	Obese boys (𝑁=30)	Obese girls (𝑁=32)
Age (years)	13.3 ± 2.6	13.4 ± 3.4	13.7 ± 2.4	14.1 ± 2.6
Height (cm)	158.6 ± 17.0	150.4 ± 16.6	163.7 ± 13.8	160.5 ± 11.3
Weight (kg)	48.3 ± 13.4	45.3 ± 13.8	84.7 ± 25.1	86.6 ± 20.1
Lean mass (kg)	34.2 ± 11.1*	27.0 ± 8.2	44.2 ± 13.4	42.5 ± 9.3
Fat mass (kg)	9.7 ± 3.1	13.4 ± 5.1*	34.0 ± 14.3	39.7 ± 12.7
Tanner stage	2.8 ± 1.4	2.9 ± 1.2	3.0 ± 1.0	3.7 ± 1.0*
Systolic blood Pressure (mmHg)	109 ± 8	107 ± 8	118 ± 8	117 ± 8
Diastolic blood Pressure (mmHg)	57 ± 6	58 ± 5	59 ± 6	61 ± 7

All measures are mean ± SD. *Denotes difference between boys and girls within groups defined by obesity where 𝑃<0.05.