Table 1
Baseline clinical and anthropometric characteristics of the study cohort.
| | Variables | All (N = 725) | Normal CS (N = 475) | Large CS (N = 250) | P |
| | Continuous, mean (SD) | | | | | | Age (years) | 10.8 ± 3.7 | 11.04 ± 3.8 | 10.3 ± 4.7 | 0.02 | | Height (cm) | 145.1 ± 21.5 | 144.1 ± 22.5 | 146.9 ± 19.1 | 0.09 | | Weight (kg) | 44.6 ± 21.3 | 41.2 ± 19.4 | 50.9 ± 23.1 | 0.001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 20.1 ± 5.8 | 18.7 ± 4.5 | 22.7 ± 7.0 | 0.001 | | WC (cm) | 71.6 ± 15.8 | 67.8 ± 13.1 | 78.9 ± 17.7 | 0.001 | | NC (cm) | 31.4 ± 4.7 | 30.8 ± 4.5 | 32.6 ± 4.8 | 0.001 | | SBP (mmHg) | 111.7 ± 14.2 | 110.5 ± 13.9 | 113.9 ± 14.5 | 0.004 | | DBP (mmHg) | 64.7 ± 9.4 | 64.4 ± 9.5 | 65.4 ± 9.1 | 0.192 | | Categorical (%) | | | | | | Overweight/obese | 31.4 | 18.1 | 56.8 | 0.001 | | Abdominal obesity | 23.7 | 16.2 | 38.0 | 0.001 | | Neck obesity | 10.7 | 8.4 | 15.0 | 0.007 | | Prehypertension | 29.7 | 26.7 | 35.2 | 0.018 | | Asthma history | 20.3 | 17.7 | 25.2 | 0.017 | | Habitual snorer | 31.0 | 27.8 | 37.2 | 0.009 | | OSA history | 15.2 | 12.6 | 20.0 | 0.011 |
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