Research Article
Comparison of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Pediatric Patients with Metabolic Syndrome, Heterozygous Familial Hyperlipidemia and Normals
Table 1
(a) Patient characteristics, CIMT, and lipid variables. (b)
values for measurements in Table
1(a).
| (a) |
| | Characteristic | MS | heFH | MS+heFH | Control |
| Age (years) (SD)
| 14.0 (±2.9) | 12.5 (±3.7) | 12.7 (±3.1) | 12.2 (±4.2) | | BMI (SD) | 31.8 (±5.1) | 23.4 (±4.8) | 31 (±6.4) | 19.3 (±4.1) | | Waist circumference (cm) (SD) | 104 (±13.4) | 79.3 (±15) | 97.3 (±15.7) | — | | Blood pressure (mm/Hg) | | | | — | | CIMT (µm) (SD) | 469.8 (±67) | 443.8 (±61) | 478.3 (±70) | 423.2 (±45) | | LDL (mg/dL) (SD) | 116 (±25.3) | 178.3 (±34.9) | 189.4 (±42.4) | — | | HDL (mg/dL) (SD) | 37 (±6.9) | 45.6 (±9.5) | 43.2 (±136.1) | — | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) (SD) | 208 (±70.8) | 139.8 (±112.3) | 225.3 (±148.1) | — | | Non-HDL (mg/dL) | 157.6 | 206.3 | 209.7 | — |
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| (b) |
| | Comparisons | CIMT | LDL | HDL | TGs | Non-HDL | Age |
| | MS versus heFH | 0.022 | | 0.0005 | 0.013 | | 0.06 | | MS versus MS+heFH | 0.61 | 0.0003 | 0.19 | 0.73 | | 0.19 | | heFH versus MS+heFH | 0.65 | 0.483 | 0.61 | 0.13 | 0.074 | 0.87 | | MS versus control | | — | — | — | — | 0.0035 | | heFH versus control | 0.038 | — | — | — | — | 0.77 | | MS+heFH versus control | 0.003 | — | — | — | — | 0.67 |
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