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

Table 2 Characteristics of the obese group by gender

	Obese
Variables	Boys (n = 32)	Girls (n = 27)	p-value
Age, years	7.8 ± 1.0	8.2 ± 0.9	0.132^a
Tanner Stage	I	I
Body Mass Index	26.3 ± 4.8	26.2 ± 3.9	0.999^a
Waist circumference, cm	84.4 ± 12.2	83.0 ± 9.5	0.646^b
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	95.0 ± 13.1	92.9 ± 7.7	0.734^a
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	65.6 ± 11.3	61.1 ± 6.4	0.122^a
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	80.4 ± 6.4	79.9 ± 7.2	0.761^b
Fasting Insulin, UI/mL	20.5 ± 13.5	34.2 ± 24.1	0.002^a
HOMA	4.1 ± 2.7	6.7 ± 4.7	0.003^a
Triglyceride, mg/dl	144.3 ± 88.7	168.4 ± 89.0	0.191^a
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	167.5 ± 32.9	158.9 ± 35.4	0.337^b
LDL-C, mg/dL	98.0 ± 29.4	88.9 ± 27.2	0.226^b
HDL-C, mg/dL	41.3 ± 8.5	36.2 ± 7.0	0.017^b
Uric Acid, mg/dL	4.5 ± 1.0	4.3 ± 0.7	0.430^b

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