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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of children and adolescents across different genotypes

From: What is the role of cardiorespiratory fitness and sedentary behavior in relationship between the genetic predisposition to obesity and cardiometabolic risk score?

 

All

(n = 1215)

AT + TT genotype

(n = 1057)

AA genotype

(n = 158)

Standardized difference

(Cohen’s d)

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

12.36 (2.83)

12.35 (2.83)

12.43 (2.85)

0.03

Weight (kg)

48.27 (15.82)

47.89 (15.31)

50.79 (18.74)

0.18

Height (m)

1.52 (0.15)

1.52 (0.15)

1.53 (0.16)

0.07

Screen time (min/day)

242.44 (177.66)

238.56 (175.41)

268.38 (190.58)

0.17

Sleep duration (min/day)

122.35 (195.14)

558.05 (96.18)

555.88 (96.76)

0.02

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

73.83 (37.68)

73.23 (35.97)

77.83 (47.52)

0.12

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

158.85 (33.12)

158.86 (32.71)

158.80 (35.86)

< 0.01

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

62.59 (11.37)

62.69 (11.34)

61.97 (11.58)

0.06

Glucose (mg/dL)

89.34 (12.04)

89.37 (12.34)

89.16 (9.79)

0.02

TC/HDL-C

2.59 (0.62)

2.59 (0.60)

2.63 (0.74)

0.07

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

106.24 (14.98)

105.95 (14.91)

108.13 (15.39)

0.15

Waist circumference (cm)

67.30 (10.60)

67.00 (10.19)

69.29 (12.88)

0.22*

cMetS

−0.09 (0.74)

−0.10 (0.74)

−0.03 (0.74)

n (%)

Sex

 Male

523 (43.0)

448 (42.4)

75 (47.5)

 Female

692 (57.0)

609 (57.6)

83 (52.2)

 

CRF

 Healthy

526 (43.3)

449 (42.5)

77 (48.7)

 Risk

689 (56.7)

608 (57.5)

81 (48.7)

 

Skin color

 White

921 (75.8)

802 (75.9)

119 (75.3)

 Black

96 (7.9)

87 (8.2)

9 (5.7)

 

 Mixed race-Brown/mulatto

178 (14.7)

150 (14.2)

28 (17.7)

 

 Others races (indigenous/yellow)

20 (1.6)

18 (1.7)

2 (1.3)

 

Maturational stage

 Pre-pubertal

260 (21.4)

233 (22.0)

27 (17.1)

 Initial development

299 (24.6)

254 (24.0)

45 (28.5)

 

 Continuous maturation (stage III and IV)

549 (45.2)

479 (45.3)

70 (44.4)

 

 Maturated

107 (8.8)

91 (8.6)

16 (10.1)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, n absolute frequency, % relative frequency, CRF cardiorespiratory fitness, cMets clustered cardiometabolic risk score (sum of total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, triglycerides, glucose, systolic blood pressure, and waist circumference z-scores, divided by five), FTO fat mass and obesity-associated polymorphism
  2. *Statistically difference between genotypes using the bootstrapping resampling procedure for the independent two-tailed t test (p < 0.05). ** Statistically difference between genotypes using the Chi-square test (p < 0.05)
  3. aSignificance level, according to the chi-squared test for evaluation of Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (p = 0.826) when comparing the expected values (163—AA; 564—AT; and 488—TT) and observed values (158—AA; 574—AT; and 483—TT)