The Association of Hypertension with Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities among Chinese Children

Table 1

The characteristics of participants (mean ± SD).

	Normotensive	Hypertensive	Total	𝑃
Age (years)	8.7±1.5	8.7±1.4	8.7±1.4	0.0306
Height (cm)	134.8±9.6	138.5±9.7	135.2±9.7	<0.0001*
Weight (kg)	31.0±8.6	36.8±11.0	31.6±9.1	<0.0001*
WC (cm)	57.0±8.3	63.2±11.0	57.7±8.9	<0.0001*
BMI (kg/m^2)	16.8±2.9	18.9±3.9	17.0±3.1	<0.0001*
TG (mmol/L)	0.8±0.4	1.0±0.5	0.8±0.4	<0.0022**
TC (mmol/L)	4.1±0.8	4.2±0.8	4.1±0.8	0.1127^∗∗
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.5±0.3	1.4±0.3	1.5±0.3	0.3937^∗∗
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.1±0.6	2.2±0.6	2.1±0.6	0.3260^∗∗
Glucose (mmol/L)	4.5±0.6	4.5±0.6	4.5±0.6	<0.0001**
Insulin (mU/mL)	5.9±4.2	8.4±6.7	6.1±4.6	<0.0001**
HOMA-IR	1.2±0.9	1.7±1.6	1.3±1.0	<0.0001**

* Adjusted for age, gender, income level, parents’ education level, and puberty.
** Adjusted for age, gender, BMI, income level, parents’ education level, and puberty.