Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

Table 2 Characteristics of sample overall and by location and sex

From: Cardiometabolic risk factors, metabolic syndrome and pre-diabetes in adolescents in the Sierra region of Ecuador

	Overall			Cariamanga sample									Pomasqui sample
	Overall			All			Female			Male			All			Female				Male
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
Age (years)	433	15.1	1.6	214	14.8	1.5	147	14.8	1.5	67	14.8	1.5	219	15.4	1.6	148	15.4	1.7	71	15.4	1.7
Height (cm)	428	155.7	7.9	214	154.1	7.5	147	152.4	5.3	67	157.8	10.0	214	157.3	7.9	14	154.6	5.7	69	163.2	8.7
Weight (kg)	433	50.4	9.9	214	49.2	9.5	147	49.2	8.5	67	49.1	11.5	219	51.5	10.2	148	50.5	9.4	71	53.5	11.6
Waist (cm)	428	73.8	8.9	214	73.1	8.3	147	74.2	7.5	67	70.7	9.5	214	74.6	9.3	145	74.9	9.5	69	73.9	8.9
Hip (cm)	428	88.8	8.3	214	86.4	7.9	147	87.3	6.8	67	84.2	9.6	214	91.2	7.9	145	92.5	7.5	69	88.6	8.3
WHR	428	0.83	0.05	214	0.85	0.04	147	0.85	0.04	67	0.84	0.05	214	0.82	0.06	145	0.81	0.06	69	0.83	0.05
BMI (kg/m²)	428	20.7	3.4	214	20.6	3.2	147	21.2	3.2	67	19.5	3.0	214	20.7	3.6	145	21.1	3.7	69	19.9	3.3
SBP (mmHg)	428	103.3	10.8	214	104.4	10.6	147	103.4	10.4	67	106.6	10.6	214	102.1	10.9	145	100.9	9.7	69	104.7	12.7
DBP (mmHg)	428	69.0	8.5	214	71.0	8.1	147	70.3	7.7	67	72.7	8.8	218	67.2	8.5	147	66.8	8.2	71	68.1	9.2
HR (bpm)	428	76.3	14.4	214	77.8	17.6	147	77.8	17.4	67	77.8	18.1	214	74.8	10.0	145	77.0	9.8	69	70.2	9.0
HbA1c (mg/dL)	427	5.4	0.3	212	5.3	0.3	145	5.3	0.2	67	5.3	0.3	215	5.4	0.3	147	5.4	0.3	68	5.5	0.3
FBG (mg/dL)	375	81.9	9.5	161	79.4	10.4	114	79.2	9.1	67	80.1	13.2	214	83.8	8.4	145	83.0	8.5	69	85.4	7.7
HDL (mg/dL)	428	50.6	14.7	212	46.3	15.7	145	47.9	14.8	67	42.7	16.9	216	54.8	12.3	147	55.8	12.3	69	52.8	12.3
TC (mg/dL)	428	149.6	36.1	212	137.8	39.8	145	145.8	38.1	67	120.4	38.0	216	161.3	27.5	147	165.5	27.8	69	152.2	24.9

	n	Median [interquartile range](range)^a	n	Median [interquartile range](range)	n	Median [interquartile range](range)	n	Median [interquartile range](range)	n	Median [interquartile range](range)
TG (mg/dL)	428	76 [59–98] (25–367)	145	75 [54–95] (25–367)	67	65 [47–83] (25–202)	147	85 [69–103] (41–285)	69	76 [61–93] (41–302)
LDL (mg/dL)	428	81 [64–98] (17–183)	145	79 [62–99] (24–183)	67	62 [47.5–80] (25–137)	147	89 [76–105.5] (44–161)	69	81 [71–95] (17–142)
VLDL (mg/dL)	428	15 [12–20] (5–73)	145	15 [11–19] (5–7)	67	13 [9.5–17] (5–40)	147	17 [14–21] (8–57)	69	15 [12–19] (8–60)

WHR wait-to-hip ratio; BMI body mass index; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; HbA1c glycated hemoglobin; TC total cholesterol; TG triglyceride; HDL high density lipoprotein; LDL low density lipoprotein; VLDL very low density lipoprotein; FBG fasting blood glucose
^aData are represented as mean ± SD, except for TG, LDL, and VLDL who are represented as median [IQR] and (range)

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