From: Current obesity was associated with hypertension in children born very low birth weight
Parameters | Hypertension (N = 7) | No hypertension (N = 39) | P-value |
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Current demographic data | |||
Gender, male, n (%) | 3 (42) | 16 (41) | 0.611 |
Age (years) mean ± SD | 8.57 ± 2.14 | 9.10 ± 2.58 | 0.928 |
Current anthropometric data | |||
Body weight (kg), mean ± SD | 34.55 ± 9.14 | 32.39 ± 13.14 | 0.680 |
Body weight z-score, mean ± SD | 0.79 ± 1.84 | 0.03 ± 1.55 | 0.256 |
Height (cm), mean ± SD | 133.24 ± 7.14 | 134.38 ± 16.65 | 0.860 |
Height z-score, mean ± SD | 0.47 ± 1.31 | 0.09 ± 1.25 | 0.469 |
BMI z-score, mean ± SD | 0.70 ± 1.75 | − 0.24 ± 1.77 | 0.200 |
Obesity, n (%) | 3 (42) | 1 (2.5) | < 0.01 |
Waist-height ratio (cm/cm), mean ± SD | 0.51 ± 0.06 | 0.46 ± 0.05 | 0.023 |
Laboratory investigation | |||
Serum creatinine (mg/dL), mean ± SD | 0.47 ± 0.07 | 0.53 ± 0.11 | 0.211 |
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2), mean ± SD | 117 ± 16.42 | 107 ± 22.84 | 0.316 |
Urinary protein positivity, n (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.56) | 0.692 |