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

Table 2

Serum Measures.

	Normal-weight boys (𝑁=30)	Normal-weight girls (𝑁=31)	Obese boys (𝑁=30)	Obese girls (𝑁=32)
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.66 ± 0.33	4.61 ± 0.39	4.77 ± 0.33	4.61 ± 0.44
Insulin (pmol/L)	43.06 ± 29.86	51.39 ± 48.62	127.79 ± 84.73	192.38 ± 153.48*
HOMA-IR	1.29 ± 0.87	1.57 ± 1.54	3.91 ± 2.72	5.92 ± 5.84
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	40.15 ± 6.22	42.22 ± 7.51	53.87 ± 24.35	46.88 ± 12.17
HDL-C (mmol/L)	12.30 ± 2.67	12.79 ± 2.85	12.20 ± 3.57	12.35 ± 3.39
LDL-C (mmol/L)	23.18 ± 5.80	24.42 ± 6.92	35.90 ± 22.04	30.02 ± 10.41
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.74 ± 0.27	0.89 ± 0.41	1.47 ± 0.79*	1.10 ± 0.50
CRP (mg/L)	0.72 ± 1.37	0.76 ± 1.30	2.17 ± 2.56	4.13 ± 6.06

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