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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of lean and obese Mexican children

From: Analysis of the contribution of FTO, NPC1, ENPP1, NEGR1, GNPDA2 and MC4Rgenes to obesity in Mexican children

 

Lean children

Obese children

 

Characteristics

BMI <85pc

BMI ≥95pc

P*

N = 949

N = 514

 

Female (%)

48.4

43.6

0.04

Age (Years)

9.5 ± 1.9

9.5 ± 1.8

0.383

Anthropometric

   

Weight (kg)

32.6 ± 7.8

49.7 ± 13.4

<0.001

Height (cm)

134.3 ± 11.8

139.6 ± 11.7

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

17.7 ± 1.4

25.0 ± 3.4

<0.001

BMI (percentile)

65.8 ± 11.2

97.6 ± 1.4

<0.001

Metabolic factors

   

Fasting Insulin (μU/mL)

8.6 ± 5.9

14.1 ± 9.4

<0.001

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

4.7 ± 0.6

4.9 ± 0.6

0.0011

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

151.8 ± 29.6

160.1 ± 35.1

<0.001

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

88.5 ± 38.2

126.6 ± 67.6

<0.001

  1. Data are means ± standard deviation.
  2. *P-value according to Student’s t test comparing lean and obese children.
  3. BMI, body mass index; pc, percentile.
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