Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Hispanic Parents of Children with Acanthosis Nigricans

Table 5

Anthropomorphic and serum parameters of fathers with AN-negative and AN-positive children.

	AN-negative child (𝑛=37)		AN-positive child (𝑛=77)
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	𝑃 *
Anthropomorphic parameters
Age	39.9	0.9	38.6	0.7
Weight (kg)	87.6	2.4	90.2	1.7
Height (m)	1.70	0.01	1.69	0.01
BMI	30.3	0.6	31.4	0.5
Waist (cm)	98.7	1.5	100.5	1.2
Hip size (cm)	105.3	1.1	104.8	0.9
Waist hip ratio	0.94	0.01	0.96	0.01	0.083
Blood pressure
Systolic BP	124.6	2.0	127.7	2.2
Diastolic BP	74.9	1.4	76.0	1.5
Serum parameters
Carbohydrate
Glucose	99.8	3.8	110.7	5.4
Insulin	8.2	1.0	9.2	0.9
HOMA	2.01	0.25	2.54	0.25
Lipid
TG	198.4	22.9	203.2	18.4
TC	209.9	9.0	202.3	4.8
LDL-C	126.3	8.1	121.6	3.9
HDL-C	43.9	1.8	40.1	0.9	0.035
TC/HDL-C	5.1	0.3	5.2	0.2
LDL-C/HDL-C	3.0	0.2	3.1	0.1
Other
Homocysteine	7.6	0.4	7.9	0.4
CRP (mg/L)	1.8	0.2	2.8	0.4	0.056
Leptin (mg/L)	11.3	1.5	10.0	0.9

*Student’s 𝑡-test. All 𝑃 values at 𝑃≤ 0.10 listed.