Research Article
Insulin Sensitivity, Serum Lipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in School-Aged Obese and Nonobese Children
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of obese and nonobese children.
| | Obese (BMI ) | Nonobese (BMI ) | -value |
| Age (years) |
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| | Gender (% male) | 51.2 | 51.1 | | Ethnicity | | | | White Caucasian % () | 77.9
| 78.0
| | African-American % () | 18.1
| 18.0
| | BMI z score | | | <.00001 | Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) |
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| <.01 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
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| <.01 | Triglycerides | | | <.001 | HDL | | | <.00001 | VLDL | | | <.001 | LDL | | | <.001 | Glucose | | | <.04 | Insulin | | | <.0001 | HOMA-IR | | | <.0001 |
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Statistical significance determined using ANOVA test.
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