Research Article

The Determinants of Adolescent Glycolipid Metabolism Disorder: A Cohort Study

Table 1

General characteristics of glycolipid metabolism study in adolescents.

VariablesParticipants included in 2019

Sample size2136
Region
 Urban, no. (%)1594 (74.63%)
 Rural, no. (%)542 (25.37%)
Anthropometric measures
 Male sex, no. (%)1116 (52.25%)
 Age, mean, y11.68 (0.60)
 BMI, mean, kg/m219.10 (3.77)
 Height, mean, cm151.78 (7.99)
 Weight, mean, kg44.39 (11.05)
 Waist circumference, mean, cm66.02 (10.14)
 WHtR, mean0.43 (0.06)
 Hip circumference, mean, cm81.80 (8.30)
 SBP, mean, mmHg105.71 (9.56)
 DBP, mean, mmHg62.81 (6.76)
 Puberty, no. (%)586 (31.32%)
Serum biochemical indexes
 FBG, mean, mmol/L4.45 (0.43)
 TC, mean, mmol/L3.52 (0.61)
 TG, mean, mmol/L1.06 (0.50)
 TG, meana−0.03 (0.39)
 HDL-C, mean, mmol/L1.44 (0.31)
 LDL-C, mean, mmol/L1.84 (0.44)
 TG/HDL-C, mean0.80 (0.50)
 Insulin, mean, pmol/L83.54 (74.85)
 Insulin, meana4.15 (0.73)
 HbA1c, mean, %5.37 (0.19)
 Insulin resistance index (IR), mean2.40 (2.38)
 IR, meana0.57 (0.74)
 Uric acid, mean, μmol/L319.64 (76.98)

Perinatal measures
 Maternal prepregnancy obesity, no. (%)
  Low weight352 (21.13%)
  Normal weight1158 (69.51%)
  Overweight/obesity156 (9.36%)
Increased BMI during pregnancy, mean, kg/m25.40 (2.62)
 Maternal weight gain, no. (%)
  Weight gain below IOM guidelines519 (31.36%)
  Within IOM guidelines637 (38.49%)
  Weight gain above IOM guidelines499 (30.15%)
Gestational age of mother, mean, y27.26 (4.98)
Gestational age of father, mean, y30.23 (5.31)
Gestational weeks of child, mean, weeks38.86 (2.16)
Birthweight, mean, g3271.09 (493.62)
 Fatal weight of pregnancy week, no. (%)b
  SGA133 (7.68%)
  Appropriate for gestational age1180 (68.13%)
  LGA419 (24.19)
 Gestational hypertension, no. (%)b
  No1967 (97.18%)
  Yes57 (2.82%)
 Gestational diabetes, no. (%)b
  No2001 (98.52%)
  Yes30 (1.48%)
 Smoking during pregnancy, no. (%)b
  No1642 (87.67%)
  Yes231 (12.33%)
 Birth with Cesarean operation, no. (%)b
  No700 (36.76%)
  Yes1204 (63.24%)

Socioeconomic measures
 Income, Yuan/year, no. (%)b
  ∼50,000645 (31.96%)
  ∼150,000853 (42.27%)
  >150,000520 (25.77%)
Expenditure of food, median (IQR), Yuan/month/person665.6 (499.2, 998.4)
 Marriage status, no. (%)b
  Double parents1763 (91.82%)
  Single parents157 (8.18%)
 Mother’s education, y, no. (%)b
  ∼9694 (33.27%)
  ∼12726 (34.80%)
  ≥15666 (31.93%)
 Father’s education, y, no. (%)
  ∼9587 (28.15%)
  ∼12750 (35.97%)
  ≥15748 (35.88%)
 Mother’s occupation, no. (%)b
  Manager112 (5.39%)
  Worker708 (34.07%)
  Technician/researcher65 (3.13%)
  Farmer567 (27.29%)
  Other626 (30.13%)
 Father’s occupation, no. (%)b
  Manager175 (8.49%)
  Worker706 (34.24%)
  Technician/researcher177 (8.58%)
  Farmer573 (27.79%)
  Other431 (20.90%)

aNatural logarithmic transformation. bThe total sample size is unequal to 2136 in 2019 as there are missing data. BMI: body mass index, WHtR: waist-height ratio, SBP: systemic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, FBG: fasting blood glucose, TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, IOM: 2009 Institute of Medicine, SGA: small for gestational age, LGA: large for gestational age, QoL: quality of life.