Table 2 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the patient and control groups
Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Controls | |||||
n (%) | n (%) | P | ||||
Sex | Boys | 23 (56.1) | 20 (47.6) | 0.440 | ||
Girls | 18 (43.9) | 22 (52.4) | ||||
Nationality | Greek | 35 (85.4) | 39 (92.9) | 0.313 | ||
Other | 6 (14.6) | 3 (7.1) | ||||
Parental education | Low | 8 (19.5) | 0 (0.0) | <0 .001 | ||
Medium | 28 (68.3) | 21 (52.5) | ||||
High | 5 (12.2) | 19 (47.5) | ||||
Pubertal stage | Preadolescence | 35 (85.4) | 31 (73.8) | 0.192 | ||
Adolescence | 6 (14.6) | 11 (26.2) | ||||
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | P | ||
Age (ys) | 7.08 | 4.75 | 9.04 | 4.00 | 0.146 | |
WHR SDS | 0.76 | 0.92 | 0.04 | 0.83 | 0.002 | |
BMI SDS | 0.55 | 1.29 | −0.32 | 1.30 | <0.001 | |
Body weight SDS | −0.05 | 1.27 | −0.26 | 1.58 | 0.439 | |
Body height SDS | −1.18 | 1.31 | 0.17 | 1.71 | <0.001 | |
Systolic blood pressure SDS | 1.15 | 1.36 | −0.31 | 1.60 | <0.001 | |
Diastolic blood pressure SDS | 0.64 | 0.90 | 0.47 | 1.40 | 0.436 | |