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Table 1 Difference in basic anthropometry results in children with and without laboratory results

From: Lipid disorders in children living with overweight and obesity- large cohort study from Poland

 

with laboratory results

without laboratory results

No. valid

Mean ± SD

No. valid

Mean ± SD

p-value

age (years)

1916

10.66 ± 3.01

1040

10.74 ± 3.17

0.663

BMI percentile

1916

93.97 ± 5.44

1040

92.54 ± 7.88

0.000

gestational age (weeks)

1858

40.02 ± 4.39

998

39.86 ± 3.89

0.439

weight at birth (grams)

1862

3492.89 ± 666.70

990

3490.89 ± 650.93

0.610

father’s BMI

1802

28.00 ± 8.02

926

27.55 ± 8.30

0.090

mother’s BMI

1865

27.26 ± 5.15

985

28.86 ± 4.11

0.261

waist z-score

1915

1.67 ± 0.60

1039

1.60 ± 0.67

0.003

SBP z-score

1916

0.61 ± 1.16

1040

0.70 ± 1.20

0.058

DBP z-score

1916

1.05 ± 1.18

1040

1.10 ± 1.26

0.418

% of girls

49.94

 

44.60

 

0.004*

  1. U Man-Whitney test, p-value was bolded as statistically significant if p < 0.05.; * Chi^2 Pearson’s test