Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants according to sex

From: Association of childhood anthropometric measurements and laboratory parameters with high blood pressure in young adults

 

Male

 

Female

 

Variable

n

 

n

 

Age, mean (SD), year

819

12.6 (0.3)

310

12.6 (0.3)

Height, mean (SD), cm

819

154.5 (7.7)

308

153.6 (5.7)

Weight, mean (SD), kg

819

44.6 (8.5)

308

43.0 (6.3)

BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

819

18.6 (2.4)

308

18.2 (2.0)

Overweight, No. (%)

 

139 (17.0)

 

29 (9.4)

Systolic BP, mean (SD), mmHg

819

105.7 (10.9)

309

105.2 (10.5)

Diastolic BP, mean (SD), mmHg

819

57.5 (8.0)

309

59.3 (8.5)

Elevated BP, No. (%)

 

67 (8.2)

 

25 (8.1)

Hypertension, No. (%)

 

67 (8.2)

 

23 (7.4)

WBC, mean (SD), /µl

816

6076 (1348)

307

6370 (1418)

RBC, mean (SD), 106/µl

816

492 (27)

307

464 (24)

Hemoglobin, mean (SD), g/dl

816

13.9 (0.8)

307

13.3 (0.7)

Hematocrit, mean (SD), %

816

42.2 (2.4)

307

40.7 (1.9)

Platelets, mean (SD), 103/µl

816

275 (48)

307

271 (46)

Uric acid, mean (SD), mg/dl

816

5.1 (1.1)

307

4.3 (0.8)

Total cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dl

815

166.8 (25.4)

307

171.8 (25.8)

HDL cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dl

816

63.5 (12.0)

307

64.4 (11.3)

LDL cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dl

400

90.4 (20.6)

160

94.4 (20.8)

  1. LDL cholesterol was measured in 2009, but not in 2008
  2. BMI body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), BP blood pressure, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, RBC red blood cells, WBC white blood cells