Table 1 Baseline characteristics of adolescents who participated in the follow up study and those who did not

Age (years)

16.45 ± 1.72

16.41 ± 1.69

0.6

Body mass index (kg/m²)

21.49 ± 4.37

21.23 ± 3.87

0.2

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.26 ± 0.85

4.31 ± 0.84

0.2

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.62 ± 0.75

2.66 ± 0.74

0.2

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.09 ± 0.25

1.12 ± 0.26

0.05

Non-HDL-C (mmol/L)

3.17 ± 0.85

3.20 ± 0.84

0.4

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.22 ± 0.63

1.20 ± 0.60

0.3

TG/HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.24 ± 0.87

1.17 ± 0.74

0.08

TC/HDL-C (mmol/L)

4.08 ± 1.21

4.04 ± 1.17

0.5