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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the TLGS adolescents among included and excluded participants

From: Predictors of early adulthood hypertension during adolescence: a population-based cohort study

 

Excluded participants

(N = 1375)

Included participants

(N = 1579)

P-value

Age, y

14.03(2.53)

14.16(2.50)

0.16

Female, n (%)

657(47.8)

874(55.4)

<0.001

Body Mass Index, kg/m2

19.85(4.40)

20.0(4.22)

0.36

Waist circumference, cm

68.74(11.05)

68.60(10.28)

0.73

Wrist circumference, cm

15.30(1.43)

15.27(1.38)

0.78

Hip circumference, cm

85.47(11.97)

86.22(11.75)

0.09

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

105.3(12.0)

105.0(11.6)

0.42

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

71.3(9.3)

70.8(9.1)

0.15

Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L

4.93(0.68)

4.90(0.44)

0.19

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.34(0.86)

4.37(0.83)

0.43

Triglyceridea, mmol/L

1.05(0.70)

1.09(0.70)

0.01

High density lipoprotein, mmol/L

1.12(0.27)

1.12(0.28)

0.93

Glumerolar Filteration Rate ml/min/1.73 m2

111.37(16.0)

110.11(15.78)

0.03

  1. Mean (SD) shown for continuous variables and P value calculated with t-test; % shown for categorical variables with P value according to chi-square
  2. aTriglyceride was shown as median (inter-quartile range) and P value according to Mann-Whitney test