TG : HDL-C Ratio Is a Good Marker to Identify Children Affected by Obesity with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance

Table 2

Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of 232 children.

Cardiovascular risk factors	Boys (n = 114)	Girls (n = 118)	value	All
Obesity
Mean BMI z-score	2.8 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 0.7	<0.001	1.04 ± 0.82
Mean waist circumference (cm)	91.1 ± 10.9	85.6 ± 8.3	<0.001	88.34 ± 10.1
Mean body fat (%)	38.8 ± 6.7	42.5 ± 4.7	<0.001	40.7 ± 6
Blood lipids
Mean total cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.62 ± 0.76	4.56 ± 0.8	0.6	4.59 ± 0.79
Mean TG (mmol/l)	1.1 ± 0.5	1.1 ± 0.5	0.23	1.1 ± 0.46
Mean HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.1 ± 0.2	1.17 ± 0.2	0.32	1.2 ± 0.2
Mean LDL-C (mmol/l)	3.2 ± 0.86	3.2 ± 0.82	0.9	3.2 ± 0.84
Blood pressure
Mean systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	111 ± 11	108 ± 10	0.11	110 ± 10
Mean diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	73 ± 9	69 ± 9	0.01	70 ± 9
Insulin resistance markers
Mean TG : HDL-C	0.95 ± 0.47	1.04 ± 0.53	0.16	0.99 ± 0.5
Mean fasting glucose (mmol/l)	5.4 ± 1.35	5.4 ± 1.1	0.23	5.39 ± 1.22
Mean insulin	18.4 ± 12.2	21.59 ± 26.8	0.243
Liver enzymes/NAFLD blood markers
Mean ALT (U/l)	19.1 ± 18.1	13.3 ± 11.7	0.004	16.1 ± 15
Mean AST (U/l)	27.6 ± 21.67	20.06 ± 12.55	0.001	23.7 ± 18
Mean GGT (U/l)	31.9 ± 34.35	20.8 ± 13.6	0.001	26.2 ± 26.5
Mean AST : ALT	2.07 ± 1.9	1.89 ± 1.8	0.447	1.9 ± 1.8

value was obtained from comparison of means using the independent-sample t-test.