Research Article

Association of Lifestyle and Body Composition on Risk Factors of Cardiometabolic Diseases and Biomarkers in Female Adolescents

Table 2

Quantitative values of the cardiometabolic disease risk factors among the groups of body composition.

Quantitative values of CD factorsGroup 1 LW-EUT & adequate BF% ()Group 2 EUT & high BF% ()Group 3 OW-OB & high BF% () values
Median (P25-P75)Median (P25-P75)Median (P25-P75)

WC (cm)66.0 (63.0-68.2)¥†71.3 (68.5-74.0)¥‡82.6 (78.7-87.8)†‡<0.001
WHtR0.40 (0.39-0.42)¥†0.43 (0.42-0.46)¥‡0.51 (0.48-0.53)†‡<0.001
NC29.6 (29.0-30.7)¥†30.5 (29.5-31.2)¥‡32.6 (31.2-33.5)†‡<0.001
SBP (mmHg)103.5 (99.0-110.0)105.5 (100.0-111.3)111.2 (105.0 – 120.3)†‡<0.001
DBP (mmHg)69.0 (63.5-73.5)70.0 (65.5-74.5)73.7 (67.6-79.9)†‡<0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)145.0 (132.0-161.5)150.0 (132.2-164.0)150.5 (134.5-173.2)0.134
HDL (mg/dL)52.0 (46.0-58.0)49.0 (42.0-58.0)46.0 (39.7-54.0)<0.001
LDL (mg/dL)78.8 (64.9-94.6)84.5 (70.2-96.3)87.5 (71.9-109.3)0.018
VLDL (mg/dL)12.6 (9.4-16.0)13.5 (10.6-17.6)14.1 (10.8-18.8)0.01
Triglycerides (mg/dL)63.0 (47.0-80.0)67.5 (53.2-88.0)70.5 (54.0-94.2)0.01
Glucose (mg/dL)85.0 (80.0-89.0)†85.0 (80.0-88.0)87.0 (82.0-91.0)0.032
Insulin (mUI/mL)5.8 (4.6-7.7)6.6 (4.8-8.6)9.1 (6.3-12.9)†‡<0.01
HOMA-IR1.3 (1.0-1.7)1.5 (1.0-1.9)2.0 (1.3-3.1)†‡<0.001
Uric acid (mg/dL)3.4 (2.9-3.9)3.6 (3.0-4.2)3.9 (3.5-4.9)†‡<0.001
hs-CRP (mg/dL)0.04 (0.02-0.10)0.07 (0.03-0.17)0.10 (0.04-0.26)<0.001
IL-6 (pg/mL)1.9 (1.2-2.8)1.8 (1.3-2.8)2.2 (1.3-3.0)0.434
TNF-α (pg/mL)1.8 (1.2-2.7)2.2 (1.2-2.8)2.1 (1.4-2.8)0.148
Leptin (pg/mL)3207.0 (2144.0-4930.0)5944.0 (3800.0-7794.5)9521.0 (6505.7-14175.2)†‡<0.001
IL-10 (pg/mL)1.36 (0.9-2.0)1.4 (1.0-2.3)1.4 (1.0-2.1)0.295

Significant values () of Kruskal-Wallis test; ¥significant values of Mann-Whitney test after Bonferroni correction (≤0.0166) between groups 1 and 2; significant values of Mann-Whitney test after Bonferroni correction (≤0.0166) between groups 1 and 3; significant values of Mann-Whitney test after Bonferroni correction (>0.0166) between groups 2 and 3. LW: low weight; EUT: Eutrophy; OW: overweight; OB: obesity; BF%: body fat percentage; SBP: systolic blood pressure; WC: waist circumference; WHtR: waist-to-height ratio; NC: neck circumference; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; VLDL: very-low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment–insulin resistance; hs-CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive Protein; IL-6: interleukin-6; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-10: interleukin-10.