Table 1 Sample characteristics.

From: Inflammation mediates the relationship between obesity and retinal vascular calibre in 11-12 year-olds children and mid-life adults

Characteristics

Children (n = 1054)

Adults (n = 1147)

Means (SDa) or %

Means (SDa) or %

Age (years)

11.4 (0.5)

43.8 (5.1)

Sex (% female)

52.0

86.7

Socioeconomic position

0.3 (0.9)

0.3 (1.0)

Body mass index z-scoreb

0.3 (1.0)

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 

27.9 (6.1)

Current BMI status (%)

Normal

77.0

37.8

Overweight

14.4

32.9

Obese

8.6

29.3

Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)

0.4 (0.1)

0.5 (0.1)

Current WHtR status (%)

<0.5

91.4

46.1

≥0.5

8.6

53.9

Retinal arteriolar calibre (µm)

159.0 (11.9)

151.1 (13.9)

Retinal venular calibre (µm)

230.9 (16.5)

219.0 (18.6)

Glycoprotein Acetyls (mmol/L)

1.0 (0.1)

1.0 (0.2)

  1. a.Standard deviation; bBody mass index was transformed to z-scores using the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US) growth charts.