Table 1 Anthropometric, lipid profile, and clinical characteristics for boys and girls according to age.
From: Metabolic Syndrome and Its Individual Components among Jordanian Children and Adolescents
| Boys | Girls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 12
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 12
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 12
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 12
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| Mean (SD) |
| Mean (SD) |
 -value
|
| Mean (SD) |
| Mean (SD) |
 -value
| |
| Weight (Kg) | 190 | 28.3 (8.3) | 283 | 52.1 (15.5) |
 .005
| 208 | 29.8 (10.0) | 357 | 52.0 (13.2) |
 .005
|
Weight  score
| 190 | −0.81 (0.48) | 283 | 0.54 (0.88) |
 .005
| 208 | −0.87 (0.62) | 357 | 0.50 (0.82) |
 .005
|
| Height (cm) | 190 | 130.1 (9.3) | 238 | 157.0 (13.0) |
 .005
| 208 | 131.3 (10.3) | 357 | 154.7 (7.3) |
 .005
|
Height  score
| 190 | −0.91 (0.53) | 283 | 0.61 (0.74) |
 .005
| 208 | −1.04 (0.73) | 357 | 0.61 (0.52) |
 .005
|
| Body mass index (BMI) Kg/m2 | 190 | 16.5 (3.3) | 283 | 20.8 (4.56) |
 .005
| 208 | 16.9 (3.5) | 357 | 21.6 (4.5) |
 .005
|
BMI  score
| 190 | −0.56 (0.73) | 283 | 0.38 (0.98) |
 .005
| 208 | −0.62 (0.73) | 357 | 0.36 (0.96) |
 .005
|
| Waist circumference (cm) | 193 | 55.7 (7.9) | 283 | 68.9 (10.8) |
 .005
| 209 | 56.5 (8.3) | 356 | 67.3 (8.7) |
 .005
|
| Hip circumference (cm) | 193 | 68.1 (7.8) | 282 | 86.4 (11.0) |
 .005
| 210 | 71.4 (9.5) | 356 | 90.9 (11.0) |
 .005
|
| Systolic blood pressure | 193 | 101.4 (9.6) | 283 | 110.0 (12.2) |
 .005
| 210 | 101.1 (12.1) | 355 | 108.5 (9.8) |
 .005
|
| Diastolic blood pressure | 193 | 66.4 (8.1) | 282 | 70.7 (9.3) |
 .005
| 210 | 66.4 (9.3) | 355 | 71.5 (8.1) |
 .005
|
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195 | 164.1 (31.7) | 283 | 159.0 (34.1) |
| 210 | 166.5 (32.9) | 358 | 163.8 (31.6) |
|
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195 | 52.1 (13.9) | 283 | 45.3 (13.0) |
 .005
| 210 | 49.9 (11.8) | 358 | 48.4 (12.1) |
|
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195 | 90.1 (26.7) | 283 | 86.6 (27.8) |
| 210 | 92.7 (27.7) | 358 | 89.7 (25.7) |
|
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 195 | 96.8 (58.9) | 283 | 113.8 (62.0) |
| 210 | 111.8 (61.6) | 358 | 109.4 (52.7) |
|
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | 123 | 85.5 (10.4) | 175 | 87.3 (18.8) |
| 134 | 81.1 (10.2) | 239 | 83.8 (15.2) |
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