Table 2 Comparison between patients affected by obesity with and without left ventricular hypertrophy

Age (years)

10

(9–12)

11

(10–12)

0.240

Females

7

(50%)

24

(49%)

1.000

BMI z-score

3.12

2.56–3.53)

2.61

(2.44–2.96)

0.009*

TMI (Kg/m³)

19.02

(17.36–21.73)

17.80

(16.59–19.37)

0.026*

WC (cm)

93

(83–98)

88

(81–96)

0.192

WHR

0.63

(0.59–0.65)

0.59

(0.55–0.61)

0.006*

ABSI

0.080

(0.077–0.082)

0.080

(0.075–0.082)

0.698

ABSI z-score

0.232

(-0.600, 0.849)

0.223

(-0.872-0.960)

0.840

HOMA-IR

4.30

(2.65–6.37)

3.24

(2.18–4.90)

0.074

HOMA β

315.7

(252.6-450.7)

247.8

(173.1-316.7)

0.016*

QUICKI

0.31

(0.29–0.33)

0.32

(0.30–0.34)

0.085

Office SBP (mmHg)

120

(111–125)

111

(106–120)

0.061

Office DBP (mmHg)

62

(60–74)

61

(57–70)

0.450

IVSd (cm)

0.8

(0.7–0.9)

0.7

(0.7–0.8)

0.014*

LVEDD (cm)

4.1

(3.8–4.3)

4.3

(4.1–4.5)

0.040*

LVPWd (cm)

0.8

(0.7–0.9)

0.7

(0.6–0.8)

0.003*

EF (%)

62

(60–64)

64

(62–66)

0.055

LVMI (g/m³)

33.7

(26.2–38.5)

28.4

(26.0-32.5)

0.032

Mean 24-hour SBP (mmHg)

116

(106–122)

110

(106–116)

0.100

Mean 24-hour DBP (mmHg)

71

(68–75)

70

(67–73)

0.461

Mean daytime SBP (mmHg)

122

(114–127)

115

(113–122)

0.050

Mean daytime DBP (mmHg)

76

(71–83)

75

(72–79)

0.393

Mean night-time SBP (mmHg)

108

(100–113)

100

(96–108)

0.056

Mean night-time DBP (mmHg)

63

(57–65)

61

(59–64)

0.636

Hypertension at ABPM

6

(42.9%)

16

(32.7%)

0.534

Non dipper

4

(28.6%)

14

(28.6%)

1.000