The Influence of Obesity on Puberty and Insulin Resistance in Mexican Children

Figure 1

General comparisons of the clinical findings between study groups classified by Tanner stage. The study population was divided according Tanner stage (y-axis)—obesity (black bars) and normal-weight (diagonally striped bars) groups. Considering the normal-weight children as reference, fasting glucose (a), fasting insulin (b), and HOMA-IR (c) values were compared between groups at each Tanner stage using Student’s t-test. Significant differences are shown at the top of the bar with an asterisk. and . Dashed lines in the HOMA-IR plot indicate the cutoff values of 3.16 (dashed top line) and 2.15 (dashed bottom line).

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