The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study

Table 1

Baseline anthropometric characteristics of subjects enrolled in the study.

Parameter	Moderately obese ()	Severely obese ()
Gender, (%)
Male	54 (49.1)	50 (54.9)	0.408
Female	56 (50.9)	41 (55.1)
Age (yr)	13.44 ± 2.41^†	12.66 ± 2.96	0.047
Height (cm)	163.80 ± 12.84	162.03 ± 15.97	0.403
Weight (kg)	79.07 ± 15.90	92.88 ± 25.25	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)	29.01 ± 2.54	34.62 ± 4.67	<0.001
BMI score	2.64 ± 0.34	3.43 ± 0.31	<0.001
Pubertal status, (%)
Prepubertal	12 (10.9)	17 (18.7)	0.157
Pubertal	98 (89.1)	74 (81.3)

Obese subjects with a body mass index (BMI) converted to a score of 2.0 to 3.0 were classified as moderately obese, and subjects with a score > 3.0 were classified as severely obese. ^†Values are presented as mean ± SD, except where unless otherwise stated.