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Table 1 Anthropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics of the whole study population and groups stratified by gender and age

From: Childhood obesity classification systems and cardiometabolic risk factors: a comparison of the Italian, World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force references

  

Gender

Age

Total

Males

Females

Children

Adolescents

Number

6070

3009

3061

2318

3752

Age (years)

11.8 ± 2.7

10.9 ± 2.6

10.7 ± 2.8

8.1 ± 1.2

12.45 ± 1.9

Height (cm)

145.9 ± 15.0

147.5 ± 15.4

144.3 ± 14.5

132.3 ± 9.7

154.3 ± 11.1

Weight (kg)

58.0 ± 23.0

59.7 ± 23.6

56.4 ± 22.4

41.9 ± 12.9

67.9 ± 22.3

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

26.4 ± 6.7

26.6 ± 6.6

26.2 ± 6.8

23.6 ± 5.4

28.1 ± 6.9

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

110.3 ± 14.5

111.4 ± 14.7

109.1 ± 14.2

103.7 ± 12.5

114.3 ± 14.2

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

66.2 ± 10.7

66.4 ± 10.7

66.1 ± 10.6

63.4 ± 10.0

68.0 ± 10.7

Glucose (mg/dL)

84.4 ± 8.6

85.2 ± 8.6

83.5 ± 8.5

75.2 ± 40.7

85.7 ± 46.9

Tryglicerides (mg/dL)

81.7 ± 44.9

80.9 ± 45.6

82.42 ± 44.3

52.1 ± 12.3

49.3 ± 12.6

HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)

50.4 ± 12.6

50.3 ± 12.9

50.5 ± 12.2

83.6 ± 8.1

84.8 ± 8.9