Physical Activity and Sedentary Patterns among Metabolically Healthy Individuals Living with Obesity
Table 1
General characteristics of non-MHO and MHO participants.
Variable
12–18 years
19–44 years
45–85 years
Non-MHO ()
MHO ()
Non-MHO ()
MHO ()
Non-MHO ()
MHO ()
Age (years)
14.8 ± 2.0
15.2 ± 1.8
32.8 ± 7.5
31.8 ± 7.6
62.1 ± 10.9
60.7 ± 11.0
Male (%)
171 (51.0)
39 (49.4)
308 (44.6)
50 (45.0)
479 (44.3)
59 (39.9)
Ethnicity
Hispanic (%)
150 (44.8)
21 (26.6)
208 (30.1)
23 (20.7)
217 (20.1)
32 (21.6)
Non-Hispanic Black (%)
65 (19.4)
20 (25.3)
274 (39.7)
50 (45.1)
577 (53.3)
76 (51.4)
Non-Hispanic White (%)
110 (32.8)
38 (48.1)
182 (26.3)
36 (32.4)
265 (24.5)
39 (26.4)
Other (%)
10 (3.0)
0 (0)
27 (3.9)
2 (1.8)
23 (2.1)
1 (0.7)
Waist circumference (cm)
102.1 ± 13.2
98.8 ± 11.8
111.7 ± 12.9
108.8 ± 11.8
113.6 ± 10.9
111.5 ± 11.8
BMI (kg/m2)
32.5 ± 5.5
31.8 ± 5.1
35.8 ± 5.4
34.2 ± 4.0
35.1 ± 4.8
35.0 ± 4.8
BMI z-score
2.1 ± 0.3
2.03 ± 0.3
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—
—
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Triglycerides (mmol/L)
1.4 ± 0.8
0.8 ± 0.3
2.3 ± 2.3
1.0 ± 0.3
2.1 ± 2.1
1.1 ± 0.3
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.1 ± 0.2
1.4 ± 0.3
1.1 ± 0.3
1.5 ± 0.4
1.3 ± 0.4
1.5 ± 0.3
Plasma glucose (mmol/L)
5.3 ± 0.6
4.9 ± 0.4
5.6 ± 1.4
5.1 ± 0.3
6.8 ± 2.4
5.1 ± 0.5
Systolic BP (mmHg)
114.3 ± 10.0
112.1 ± 8.0
120.3 ± 13.3
114.6 ± 10.1
134.6 ± 20.1
120.6 ± 18.9
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
59.2 ± 11.0
58.0 ± 11.7
71.8 ± 14.1
68.0 ± 11.1
72.6 ± 13.3
69.8 ± 9.8
Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables, while categorical variables are presented as n (%). MHO = metabolically healthy obese; BMI = body mass index; HDL = high-density lipoprotein. Independent t-tests or chi-square tests were performed to test differences between MHO and non-MHO within each age category. Significantly different between non-MHO and MHO at .
