The association between obesity and blood pressure in Thai public school children

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics (mean ± SD) of school children on anthropometric measures, blood pressure, plasma glucose and lipid profile

Variables	Total (N = 693)	Male (n = 317)	Female (n = 376)	p-value
Variables	$\bar{X}$ ± SD	$\bar{X}$ ± SD	$\bar{X}$ ± SD	p-value
Age (years)	10.34 ± 1.15	10.29 ± 1.16	10.39 ± 1.14	0.24
Weight (kg)	38.82 ± 12.50	39.85 ± 13.71	37.95 ± 11.33	0.05
Height (cm)	140.88 ± 10.33	140.09 ± 9.96	141.55 ± 10.60	0.064
BMI (kg/m ² )	19.19 ± 4.47	19.85 ± 4.90	18.63 ± 4.00	< 0.001
WC (cm)	70.35 ± 12.05	72.28 ± 13.43	68.73 ± 10.50	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	101.43 ± 11.33	103.16 ± 11.98	99.96 ± 10.55	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	60.06 ± 7.41	60.51 ± 7.65	59.69 ± 7.20	0.149
FPG (mg/dl)	88.15 ± 5.67	88.87 ± 5.55	87.55 ± 5.71	0.002
TC (mg/dl)	182.18 ± 30.58	179.00 ± 30.27	184.85 ± 30.62	0.012
TG (mg/dl)	84.28 ± 42.46	78.38 ± 40.56	89.26 ± 43.43	0.001
LDL (mg/dl)	105.24 ± 27.03	102.79 ± 25.66	107.30 ± 28.00	0.028
HDL (mg/dl)	60.08 ± 11.95	60.53 ± 11.91	59.69 ± (11.99	0.358
TC/HDL-C	3.12 ± 0.69	3.03 ± 0.60	3.20 ± 0.75	0.002

Data are presented as means ± SD. Univariate analyses were calculated by t-test. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, Fasting plasma glucose level; TC, total cholesterol level; TG, triglyceride level; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level.

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