Table. 1.

Anthropometric and clinical characteristics of children

Total (N=256)Boys (N=122)Girls (N=134)P
Age (year±SD)*8.51±1.348.42±1.318.60±1.360.286
Height (cm)132.52±9.15132.33±8.91132.70±9.400.747
?Height z score0.55±0.920.57±0.990.53±0.840.70
Birth weight (kg)*3.03±0.863.10±0.882.97±0.840.244
Weight (kg)*30.86±8.2331.25±8.6030.49±7.900.462
?Weight z score*0.45±1.500.42±1.440.47±1.560.820
BMI (kg/m2)*17.29±2.7217.55±2.8917.06±2.550.147
?BMI z score*-0.002±1.040.01±1.08-0.01±1.000.854
BMI, n (%)
?Overweight37 (14.45)22 (18.03)15 (11.19)0.169
?Normal219 (85.55)100 (81.97)119 (88.81)
Pubertal status, n (%)
?Pubertal52 (23.74)23 (22.55)29 (24.79)0.819
?Prepubertal167 (76.26)79 (77.45)88 (75.21)
WC (cm)*59.11±7.8860.80±8.1857.58±7.300.001
WC ≥ 90th percentile, n (%)19 (7.42)10 (8.20)9 (6.72)0.832
WHtR0.44 (0.41-0.47)0.45 (0.42-0.49)0.43 (0.41-0.46)<0.0001
WHR0.82 (0.79-0.86)0.84 (0.80-0.87)0.81 (0.78-0.84)0.004
TSH (μIU/mL)2.87 (1.91-3.66)2.81 (1.95-3.78)2.88 (1.88-3.59)0.527
FT4 (ng/dL)1.44 (1.34-1.55)1.45 (1.35-1.54)1.41 (1.33-1.55)0.192

BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist to height ratio; WHR, waist to hip ratio; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; FT4, free thyroxine.

Analyzed by independent t-test,

Analyzed by chi-square test; BMI, overweight (≥ 85th percentile), normal (<85th percentile); pubertal status, pubertal (Tanner stage II-IV), prepubertal (Tanner stage I),

Median (interquartile range) and analyzed by Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Korean J Obes 2015;24:212~218 https://doi.org/10.7570/kjo.2015.24.4.212
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