Moderate Weight Reduction in an Outpatient Obesity Intervention Program Significantly Reduces Insulin Resistance and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Severely Obese Adolescents

Table 1

Anthropometric data of the study group before and after participation in the obesity intervention program.

	Before treatment			After treatment			𝑃
	Min	Mean	Max	Min	Mean	Max
Height (cm)	125	163.1	187.8	131.4	164.8	188.5	<0.0001
Weight (kg)	35.3	84.5	143.5	37.4	83.3	146.3	n.s.
BMI	22.7	30.7	44.3	21.7	29.5	44.5	<0.0001
SDS-BMI	+1.9	+2.5	+3.8	+1.3	+2.3	+3.7	<0.0001