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Descriptive characteristics of the study sample |
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| Males (n = 260) |
Females (n = 242) |
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| Age (years) |
15.4 ± 1.4 |
15.4 ± 1.4 |
| Tanner II,III,IV,V (%) |
5.8, 15.1, 41.8, 37.3 |
1.6, 8.1, 54.3, 36.0 |
| Weight (kg) |
64.6 ± 13.4 |
56.8 ± 10.5 |
| Height (cm) |
170.7 ± 8.2 |
161.5 ± 6.4 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
22.1 ± 3.9 |
21.7 ± 3.5 |
| Cardiorespiratory fitness (stage) |
7.0 ± 2.6 |
4.1 ± 1.8 |
| Sum of 6 skinfolds |
75.8 ± 38.1 |
98.8 ± 31.9 |
| Percentage body fat |
20.2 ± 10.4 |
25.6 ± 6.6 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) |
71.3 ± 31.6 |
64.7 ± 26.4 |
| TC (mg/dl) |
156.7 ± 26.4 |
169.9 ± 26.4 |
| HDLc (mg/dl) |
51.0 ± 9.7 |
59.2 ± 11.6 |
| LDLc (mg/dl) |
91.4 ± 23.9 |
97.4 ± 23.2 |
| ApoA (mg/dl) |
116.9 ± 17.1 |
127.7 ± 19.2 |
| ApoB (mg/dl) |
66.9 ± 14.3 |
69.9 ± 13.8 |
| Lp(a) (mg/dl)* |
14.1 ± 4.2 |
5.3 ± 3.9 |
| ApoA/ApoB (mg/dl) |
1.8 ± 0.5 |
1.9 ± 0.5 |
| TC-HDLc (mg/dl) |
105.7 ± 25.9 |
110.6 ± 25.8 |
| Birth weight (g) |
3443.0 ± 539.0 |
3283 ± 564 |
| Birth weight score |
409.0 ± 516.0 |
353 ± 559 |
| Socieconomic status I,II,III,IV,V (%) |
5.9, 25.3, 41.6, 23.6, 3.6 |
7.2, 25.4, 37.1, 23.3, 6.9 |
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Values are means ± SD, otherwise indicated. TC indicates total cholesterol; HDLc, high density liprotein cholesterol; LDLc, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; Apo, apolipoprotein; Lp(a), lipoprotein a. *Geometric mean ± SD. | ||
Ruiz et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2008 9:98 doi:10.1186/1471-2350-9-98 |
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