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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Comparison of direct measures of adiposity with indirect measures for assessing cardiometabolic risk factors in preadolescent girls

Characteristic

Mean ± SD

Age (years)

10.8 ± 1.1

Ethnicity

 Hispanic or Latino

205 (76.2%)

 Not Hispanic or Latino

64 (23.8%)

Weight (kg)

41.9 (33.6–53.2)b

Height (cm)

146.0 ± 9.6

BMI Percentile

 Normal (<85th)

159 (59.1%)

 Overweight (≥85th < 95th)

47 (17.5%)

 Obese (≥95th)

63 (23.4%)

WC (cm)

73.3 (64.1–84.0)b

WHtR

0.5 (0.4–0.6)b

Body fat, %

32.4 ± 10.0

FMI (kg/m2)

6.1 (3.9–9.2)b

Android fat mass (kg)

0.9 (0.5–1.7)b

Fasting Glucose (mg/dL)

92.9 ± 6.8

Fasting Insulin (μU/mL)a

17.8 (13.3–23.9)b

HOMA-IRa

4.0 (3.0–5.6)b

TG (mg/dL)

90.0 (69–126)b

HDL (mg/dL)

50.0 (45–58)b

LDL (mg/dL)

97.0 (83–119)b

  1. WC waist circumference (cm), WHtR waist-to-height-ratio, FMI fat mass index (kg/m2), HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, TG triglycerides, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL), LDL-C low density cholesterol (mg/dL)
  2. a n = 234
  3. bmedian (range- 25th percentile to 75th percentile)