Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants according to the presence of overweight/obesity.

From: A cross-sectional study investigating the L-shaped relationship between urinary albumin creatinine ratio and overweight/obesity in children and adolescents

Characteristic

Overall N = 4116

Overweight/obese N = 1604

Non-overweight/obese N = 2512

P-value

Race(%)

   

< 0.001

 Mexican American

902 (21.91%)

433 (27.00%)

469 (18.67%)

 

 Other Hispanic

460 (11.18%)

191 (11.91%)

269 (10.71%)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

1,118 (27.16%)

377 (23.50%)

741 (29.50%)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

1,027 (24.95%)

412 (25.69%)

615 (24.48%)

 

 Other Race

609 (14.80%)

191 (11.91%)

418 (16.64%)

 

Gender(%)

   

0.699

 Male

2,171 (52.75%)

840 (52.37%)

1,331 (52.99%)

 

 Female

1,945 (47.25%)

764 (47.63%)

1,181 (47.01%)

 

Physical activity(%)

   

0.952

 Active

2,601 (63.19%)

1,011 (63.03%)

1,590 (63.30%)

 

 Moderate

604 (14.67%)

234 (14.59%)

370 (14.73%)

 

 Low

911 (22.13%)

359 (22.38%)

552 (21.97%)

 

Hypertension(%)

   

< 0.001

 Yes

240 (5.83%)

153 (9.54%)

87 (3.46%)

 

 No

3,876 (94.17%)

1,451 (90.46%)

2,425 (96.54%)

 

 Age(%)

13.0 (10.0, 16.0)

13.0 (10.0, 16.0)

13.0 (10.0, 16.0)

0.186

 PIR(%)

1.50 (0.81, 3.04)

1.34 (0.76, 2.59)

1.61 (0.82, 3.30)

< 0.001

 TC (mg/dL)

155 (137, 174)

157 (138, 177)

154 (137, 172)

< 0.001

 Cotinine (ng/mL)

0.03 (0.01, 0.19)

0.04 (0.01, 0.23)

0.03 (0.01, 0.17)

< 0.001

 WBC(1000 cells/uL)

6.60 (5.50, 8.10)

7.10 (5.90, 8.60)

6.30 (5.20, 7.60)

< 0.001

 NEUT(%)

52 (45, 59)

54 (47, 60)

51 (44, 58)

< 0.001

 EOS(1000 cells/uL)

2.60 (1.60, 4.40)

2.50 (1.50, 4.13)

2.60 (1.60, 4.60)

0.062

 Hb (g/dL)

13.50 (12.70, 14.40)

13.40 (12.70, 14.30)

13.50 (12.80, 14.40)

0.005

 HDL-C(mg/dL)

52 (45, 61)

47 (41, 55)

55 (48, 64)

< 0.001

 Energy (kcal)

1,905 (1,442, 2,477)

1,826 (1,394, 2,372)

1,951 (1,476, 2,563)

< 0.001

 Protein (gm)

67 (49, 93)

66 (48, 91)

68 (49, 94)

0.036

 Total sugars (gm)

109 (73, 151)

103 (69, 145)

112 (75, 156)

< 0.001

 UACR (mg/g)

8 (5, 16)

7 (5, 11)

10 (6, 19)

< 0.001

  1. PIR poverty-to-income ratio, TC total cholesterol, WBC white blood cell, NEUT neutrophils, EOS eosinophils, Hb hemoglobin, HDL-CD direct HDL-cholesterol, UACR urine albumin creatinine ratio.