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Table 2 Clinical and metabolic characteristics of the metabolic syndrome groups (boys vs. girls)

From: Gender-specific associations of serum sex hormone-binding globulin with features of metabolic syndrome in children

Parameters

Boys

Girls

p value

N

56

63

 

Age (years)

14.39 ± 1.30

14.39 ± 1.17

0.986

BMI (kg/m2)

23.93 ± 4.68

22.54 ± 4.03

0.107

Waist circumference (cm)

73.15 ± 27.52

63.52 ± 19.81

0.032

Hip circumference (cm)

85.11 ± 31.04

79.23 ± 25.52

0.268

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

131.62 ± 17.71

124.57 ± 14.84

0.024

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74.26 ± 14.07

75.59 ± 13.78

0.619

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.24 ± 0.82

4.03 ± 1.22

0.291

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.34 ± 1.06

5.73 ± 0.86

0.029

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

0.87 ± 0.23

0.94 ± 0.20

0.081

Triglycerides (mmol/l)a

1.54 ± 0.58

1.50 ± 0.61

0.777

Sex-hormone binding globulin (nmol/l)

42.34 ± 23.32

58.15 ± 30.15

0.003

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation for normal continuous variables denotes
  2. Significant p-values (< 0.05) were italicized
  3. aNon-Gaussian distribution