Research Article
Insulin Secretion Defect in Children and Adolescents with Obesity: Clinical and Molecular Genetic Characterization
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the study participants.
| Parameter | Number (%) |
| Sex | | Male | (49.9%) | Female | (50.1%) | Age (years) | | Median (1-3 quartile) | 14.2 (12.5-15.6) | (Range) | (2.0-19.1) | BMI (kg/m2) | | Median (1-3 quartile) | 32.7 (29.6-37.2) | (Range) | (19.9-57.7) | BMI-SDS | | Mean value (±SD) | 2.70 (±0.54) | (Range) | (0.69-4.30) | Weight | | Overweight | (7.9%) | Obese | (25.9%) | Extremely obese | (65.7%) | Tanner stage | | I: prepubertal | (7.2%) | II/III: early puberty | (28.7%) | IV/V: late puberty | (64.0%) | Missing | |
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BMI: body mass index; SDS: standard deviation score; SD: standard deviation; number. |