Table 2 Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of school children according to gender. Botucatu-SP, 2007.
Variables | General | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 128 | n = 58 | n = 70 | |
Age (years) | 8.1 ± 1.4 | 8.1 ± 1.4 | 8.1 ± 1.4 |
Height (m) | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 1.3 ± 0.1 |
Weight (kg) | 41.3 ± 11.1 | 42.9 ± 12.3 | 40.0 ± 10.0 |
BMI (kg/m 2) | 22.2 ± 3.2 | 22.6 ± 3.6 | 21.8 ± 2.7 |
BMI (percentile) | 94.3 ± 4.3 | 95.3 ± 3.9a | 93.4 ± 4.5b |
WC (cm) | 72.1 ± 9.8 | 74.0 ± 11.1a | 70.6 ± 8.4b |
TSF (mm) | 20.3 ± 4.7 | 20.2 ± 4.8 | 20.4 ± 4.7 |
SSF (mm) | 14.7 ± 5.8 | 14.6 ± 6.3 | 14.8 ± 5.3 |
%BF | 28.9 ± 6.5 | 29.5 ± 7.5 | 28.4 ± 5.6 |
Glycemia (mg/dL) | 83.7 ± 6.5 | 85.6 ± 5.9a | 82.1 ± 6.6b |
HDL-C (mg/dL) | 47.8 ± 10.9 | 47.5 ± 9.7 | 48.0 ± 11.9 |
Insulin (μU/mL) | 7.6 ± 5.6 | 7.0 ± 4.7 | 8.2 ± 6.2 |
HOMA-IR | 1.6 ± 1.2 | 1.5 ± 1.0 | 1.6 ± 1.3 |
TG (mg/dL) | 98.0 ± 51.4 | 99.7 ± 56.6 | 96.5 ± 47.0 |
SBP (mmHg) | 98.9 ± 12.1 | 101.3 ± 13.6 | 96.9 ± 10.5 |
DBP (mmHg) | 63.9 ± 8.4 | 64.9 ± 9.4 | 63.2 ± 7.5 |