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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of follow-up subjects and non-follow-up subjects (n = 808)

From: Association of serum hs-CRP and lipids with obesity in school children in a 12-month follow-up study in Japan

At baseline

Follow-up (n = 612)

Non-follow-up (n = 196)

p value

Mean

(95 % CI)

Mean

(95 % CI)

Age (years)

8.65

(8.52–8.77)

8.77

(8.56–8.98)

0.639

Height (cm)

131.1

(130.3–131.9)

131.3

(129.9–132.8)

0.388

Weight (kg)

29.9

(29.2–30.5)

30.7

(29.4–32.0)

0.021

POW (%)

2.63

(1.45–3.81)

4.64

(2.10–7.17)

0.101

Obese (n,  %) (n = 99)

61

(10.0 %)

38

(19.4 %)

<0.001*

LDL-C (mg/dL)

95.2

(93.4–97.0)

95.4

(92.4–98.3)

0.082

HDL-C (mg/dL)

67.6

(66.5–68.6)

66.8

(64.9–68.7)

0.145

LDL-C/HDL-C

1.47

(1.43–1.51)

1.49

(1.43–1.56)

0.099

TGa (mg/dL)

88.5

(85.2–92.0)

93.0

(86.2–100.4)

0.252

Hs-CRPa (mg/dL)

0.038

(0.035–0.041)

0.036

(0.032–0.040)

0.409

  1. POW, percent over the standard weight; Obese, POW at baseline ≥ 20 %
  2. p value, unpaired t test (* χ2 test)
  3. LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides, Hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, CI confidence interval
  4. aGeometric mean and p value analyzed by log-transformed mean