Association between serum uric acid and metabolic syndrome components in prepubertal obese children (Tanner Stage I) from Nuevo León, Mexico - a preliminary study

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

Variables	Normal (n = 61)	Obese (n = 59)	p-value
Age, years	7.3 ± 1.1	8.0 ± 1.0	0.001^a
Tanner Stage	I	I
Body Mass Index	16.2 ± 1.2	26.2 ± 4.4	0.000^a
Waist circumference, cm	55.8 ± 3.9	83.8 ± 11.0	0.000^b
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	83.0 ± 8.9	94.1 ± 10.9	0.000^a
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	59.6 ± 7.1	63.5 ± 9.6	0.056^a
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	80.6 ± 6.6	80.2 ± 6.7	0.741^b
Fasting Insulin, UI/mL	8.1 ± 3.2	26.8 ± 20.1	0.000 ^a
HOMA	1.6 ± 0.7	5.3 ± 4.0	0.000^a
Triglycerides, mg/dL	104.5 ± 31.1	155.4 ± 88.9	0.001^a
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	160.7 ± 25.3	163.6 ± 34.0	0.598^b
LDL-C, mg/dL	87.3 ± 22.4	93.8 ± 28.5	0.165^b
HDL-C, mg/dL	52.9 ± 13.4	39.0 ± 8.2	0.000^a
Uric Acid, mg/dL	3.4 ± 0.6	4.4 ± 0.9	0.000^b

All data except Tanner Stage are presented as mean ± SD. ^aThe Mann-Whitney U test. ^bt-Test for independent samples

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