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Table 2 Current demographic data, anthropometric data and laboratory investigation between hypertensive and normal groups

From: Current obesity was associated with hypertension in children born very low birth weight

Parameters

Hypertension

(N = 7)

No hypertension

(N = 39)

P-value

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

  1. Bold font indicates statistical significance
  2. BMI body mass index, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, SD standard deviation