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Table 2 Anthropometry and clinical parameters of participating children in the URMEL-ICE study

From: Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration

 

Missing Values

WHtR ≥0.5 (n = 132)

WHtR < 0.5 (n = 621)

Total (n = 753)

Anthropometry

 Underweight, n (%)

6

1 (0.8)***

66 (10.7)

67 (9.0)

 Normal weight, n (%)

6

50 (38.2)***

543 (88.1)

593 (79.4)

 Overweight, n (%)

6

50 (38.2)***

5 (0.8)

55 (7.3)

 Obese, n (%)

6

30 (22.9)***

2 (0.3)

32 (4.3)

 WC, cm [m, (sd)]

 

70.14 (5.88)***

57.20 (3.83)

59.49 (6.62)

 WHtR, [m, (sd)]

 

0.54 (0.04)***

0.45 (0.02)

0.47 (0.04)

Clinical parameters

 Intra-abdominal fat thickness, mm [m, (sd)]

10

60.6 (8.0)***

52.1 (6.8)

53.6 (7.7)

 Intimia media thickness, mm [m, (sd)]

10

0.44 (0.03)

0.44 (0.03)

0.44 (0.03)

 SBP, mmHg [m, (sd)]

 

113.6 (11.0)***

107.2 (9.8)

108.3 (10.3)

 DBP, mmHg [m, (sd)]

 

61.1 (8.4)

59.6 (7.4)

59.9 (7.7)

 SBP or DBP ≥ 90th percentile, n (%)

 

66 (50.0)***

171 (27.5)

237 (31.5)

 Cholesterol, mmol/l [m, (sd)]

 

4.28 (0.69)

4.21 (0.62)

4.23 (0.36)

 HDL cholesterol, mmol/l [m, (sd)]

 

1.28 (0.24)***

1.42 (0.29)

1.40 (0.29)

 LDL cholesterol, mmol/l [m, (sd)]

 

2.58 (0.62)***

2.42 (0.57)

2.45 (0.58)

  1. m mean, sd standard deviation, WC waist circumference, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001