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Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects included in this study

From: Relationship between obesity and serum reactive oxygen metabolites in adolescents

Items

All (n = 595)

Male (n = 312)

Female (n = 283)

P

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Height (cm)

157.1

8.2

159.4

9.1

154.6

6.2

***

Weight (kg)

49.9

10.3

51.0

10.8

48.7

9.6

**

Body mass index (kg/m2)

20.1

3.2

19.9

3.1

20.3

3.4

 

Percentage body fat

20.5

9.0

16.2

8.2

25.2

7.3

***

Body fat (kg)

10.8

6.7

8.9

6.4

12.9

6.4

***

Systolic blood pressure (BP) (mmHg)

110.5

8.4

111

8.5

109

8.1

**

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

63.0

8.7

62

9.1

64

8.2

 

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

21.1

5.2

23.1

5.7

18.9

3.4

***

Alanine aminotransferase (mg/dL)

14.9

9.3

17.0

11.7

12.5

4.7

***

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

162.1

25.6

157.6

26.4

167.0

23.7

***

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

73.9

42.4

70.5

44.4

77.7

39.8

*

High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (mg/dL)

59.4

14.4

58.7

14.8

60.0

13.9

 

Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (mg/dL)

83.6

21.2

80.2

21.8

87.3

19.9

***

White blood cells (×103/μL)

61.3

13.9

59.3

12.9

63.5

14.6

***

Red blood cells (×104/μL)

486.1

38.4

503.6

35.1

466.7

32.1

***

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

13.5

1.3

14.0

1.2

13.0

1.2

***

Hematocrit (%)

42.1

3.5

43.2

3.4

40.9

3.1

***

Platelets (×104/μL)

26.9

5.4

26.9

5.2

26.9

5.6

 

d-ROMs (U.CARR)

304.0

59.2

299.9

55.2

308.6

63.1

 

Biological antioxidant potential (μm/L)

2713.9

119.8

2745.5

108.1

2679.0

122.6

***

  1. d-ROMs Reactive oxygen metabolite (ROM) test, U.CARR Carratelli units
  2. A t test was used to compare parameters between the sexes
  3. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001