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Association between Overweight, Health Behaviors, and Insulin Resistance in School Children

Table 2

Patient characteristics according to the presence of OW/OB.
Normal weight ( 𝑛 = 7 4 9 )OW/OB
( 𝑛 = 3 1 6 )		Significance 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5
Age (years) 9 . 5 1 ± 2 . 1 1 9 . 6 1 ± 2 . 0 0 0.46
Waist circumference (cm) 6 0 . 0 4 ± 6 . 7 8 7 4 . 6 7 ± 1 0 . 7 2 < 0 . 0 1
BMI(kg/m2) 1 6 . 7 5 ± 1 . 8 0 2 3 . 0 4 ± 3 . 5 6 < 0 . 0 1
z-BMI 0 . 0 6 ± 0 . 8 2 1 . 6 9 ± 0 . 4 4 < 0 . 0 1
Systolic BP (mm Hg) 9 0 . 4 0 ± 1 1 . 6 7 9 7 . 7 5 ± 1 4 . 5 2 < 0 . 0 1
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 5 5 . 0 8 ± 8 . 5 9 5 9 . 8 9 ± 9 . 3 1 < 0 . 0 1
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 6 9 . 7 5 ± 2 9 . 5 5 8 7 . 9 4 ± 4 4 . 0 5 < 0 . 0 1
HDL-C (mg/dL) 5 2 . 8 8 ± 1 1 . 7 7 4 7 . 4 6 ± 1 1 . 0 9 < 0 . 0 1
Glucose (mg/dL) 7 5 . 8 3 ± 8 . 8 9 7 7 . 1 6 ± 7 . 6 3 0.04
Insulin (UI/mL) 3 . 8 8 ± 2 . 9 6 7 . 1 5 ± 5 . 2 7 < 0 . 0 1
HOMA-IR 0 . 7 4 ± 0 . 6 1 1 . 3 6 ± 0 . 9 8 < 0 . 0 1
Risk factors≥1 1 8 . 8 3 % ( 1 6 . 0 3 - 2 1 . 6 2 ) 7 5 . 3 2 % ( 7 0 . 5 6 - 8 0 . 0 7 ) < 0 . 0 1
Hypertension 3 . 0 ( 1 . 7 6 - 4 . 2 3 ) 1 3 . 1 ( 9 . 3 9 - 1 6 . 8 9 ) < 0 . 0 1
High triglycerides 6 . 6 ( 4 . 5 3 - 8 . 7 1 ) 2 1 . 7 ( 1 6 . 3 1 - 2 7 . 0 5 ) < 0 . 0 1
WC≥90th percentile 5 . 6 ( 3 . 9 6 - 7 . 2 6 ) 6 9 . 6 ( 6 4 . 5 5 - 7 4 . 6 9 ) < 0 . 0 1
Low HDL-C 1 4 . 3 ( 1 1 . 3 9 - 1 7 . 2 8 ) 2 7 . 4 ( 2 1 . 6 2 - 3 3 . 2 5 ) < 0 . 0 1
High glucose 0 . 9 ( 0 . 1 2 - 1 . 7 3 ) 0 . 4 ( − 0 . 4 2 - 1 . 3 1 ) 0.67
Gender (Females)51.0%(382/749) 5 0 . 0 % ( 1 5 8 / 3 1 6 ) 0.78
Data are in M e a n ± S D and observed prevalence is in percentage and 95% confidence interval.