| |
Boys
|
Girls
|
p-value1
|
|---|
|
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
|
- 1Statistical significance of differences determined using two-tailed t-test following Levene's test for equality of variances
- Abbreviations: Body mass index: BMI, Body mass index z-score: BMIz, Waist circumference: WC, Total cholesterol: TC, High density lipoprotein cholesterol: HDL-C, Very low density lipoprotein cholesterol: VLDL-C, Intermediate density lipoprotein cholesterol: IDL-C, Low density lipoprotein cholesterol: LDL-C, Triglycerides: TAG, Lp(a) cholesterol: Lp(a)-C
