Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Children versus Adolescents with Obesity
Table 2
Anthropometric measurements of obese children and adolescents, stratified by IR.
Children n = 306
Adolescents n = 471
IR n = 51
No IR n = 255
value
IR n =233
No IR n = 238
value
Length (cm)
134.1 (10.9)
128.3 (13.6)
0.004
162.2 (10.5)
158.5 (11.9)
<0.001
Length-SDS
0.64 (1.04)
0.47 (0.99)
0.280
0.16 (1.05)
0.10 (1.09)
0.569
Weight (kg)
47.9 (11.6)
40.2 (10.7)
<0.001
85.2 (20.5)
75.2 (17.9)
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
26.3 (3.2)
24.1 (2.7)
<0.001
31.9 (5.0)
29.4 (3.8)
<0.001
BMI-SDS
3.70 (0.69)
3.41 (0.77)
0.015
3.24 (0.47)
3.01 (0.46)
<0.001
Obese waist n (%)
29 (56.9)
141 (55.2)
0.557
144 (61.8)
124 (52.1)
0.002
High SBP n (%)
23 (45.1)
92 (36.0)
0.193
102 (43.8)
76 (31.9)
0.022
High DBP n (%)
6 (11.8)
34 (13.3)
0.759
21 (9.0)
17 (7.1)
0.555
Tanner stage n (%)
—
—
<0.001
—
—
0.550
(i) Prepubertal (T1)
38 (74.5)
232 (90.9)
—
37 (15.9)
46 (19.3)
—
(ii) Pubertal (T2–4)
11(21.6)
12 (4.7)
—
108 (45.4)
102 (42.9)
—
(iii) Postpubertal (T5)
—
—
—
39 (16.7)
37 (15.5)
—
MetS n (%)
13 (25.5)
25 (9.8)
0.002
71 (30.5)
24 (10.1)
<0.001
T2DM n (%)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Data presented as number (%), mean (standard deviation), or median with range. BMI = body mass index, SDS = standard deviation score, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, MetS = metabolic syndrome, T2DM = type II diabetes mellitus. values for unpaired t-test (normally distributed data), Mann–Whitney U test (nonparametric data), and χ2 tests (categorical data). P values in bold are significant at <0.05.
