Table 2 Characteristics of participating African-American boys and girls

Sample size, n

56

65

Anthropometrics

Mean (SEM)

Age (years)

10.7 (0.1)

10.6 (0.1)

0.575

Pubertal stage

2.4 (0.2)

3.5 (0.1)

< 0.001

Height (cm)

148.1 (0.02)

150.8 (0.01)

0.248

Weight (kg)

62.5 (2.6)

69.1 (2.3)

0.057

BMI-z score

2.0 (0.07)

2.2 (0.05)

0.050

WC (cm)

87.0 (2.1)

93.0 (1.8)

0.032

Plasma lipoproteins, mg/dl

TC

168.0 (3.6)

168.3 (4.6)

0.955

HDL-C

56.2 (1.6)

52.0 (1.4)

0.052

VLDL-C

15.9 (0.6)

16.1 (0.4)

0.736

IDL-C

9.1 (0.6)

9.4 (0.6)

0.724

LDL-C

95.9 (3.2)

100.4 (4.0)

0.371

TAG

68.4 (4.4)

75.1 (3.1)

0.202

Lp(a)-C

7.8 (0.54)

8.1(0.51)

0.699