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Table 2 Distribution of adiposity measures and blood pressures of study participants (N = 367)

From: Discriminative ability of adiposity measures for elevated blood pressure among adolescents in a resource-constrained setting in northeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional analysis

Variable

Boys

Girls

p-value

Total

N = 191

N = 176

N = 367

p-value

Weight (kg)

 Early adolescence

41.8 (14.1)

48.0 (12.1)

0.030

44.8 (13.5)

 

 Middle adolescence

46.9 (10.8)

52.4 (11.5)

0.001

49.6 (11.5)

 

 Late Adolescence

54.3 (8.9)

53.9 (12.1)

0.860

54.1 (10.4)

0.001*

Body Mass index

 Early adolescence

18.7 (4.9)

20.6 (4.4)

0.053

19.6 (4.7)

 

 Middle adolescence

18.27 (2.8)

21.2 (4.6)

0.001

19.7 (4.1)

 

 Late Adolescence

19.4 (4.7)

21.4 (4.1)

0.005

20.3 (3.7)

0.393*

Waist circumference (cm)

 Early adolescence

66.2 (12.8)

72.1 (9.8)

0.018

69.1 (11.8)

 

 Middle adolescence

65.3 (7.1)

70.9 (9.8)

0.001

68.1 (8.9)

 

 Late Adolescence

69.3 (6.5)

70.0 (10.7)

0.713

69.6 (8.6)

0.415*

Waist-to-height ratio

 Early adolescence

0.44 (0.07)

0.47 (0.06)

0.046

0.46 (0.07)

 

 Middle adolescence

0.41 (0.03)

0.45 (0.06)

0.001

0.43 (0.05)

 

 Late Adolescence

0.41 (0.04)

0.44 (0.06)

0.009

0.42 (0.05)

0.001*

Blood pressure categories n (%)

 Prehypertensive

19 (9.1)

20 (11.4)

0.787**

39 (10.6)

 

 Hypertensive

8 (4.2)

13 (7.4)

0.274**

21 (5.7)

 
  1. Values presented as mean (SD), unless otherwise indicated, n (%) = Frequency (percentage), *ANOVA p-values reported, **Chi-square p-values reported. Early adolescence (10–13 years), Middle adolescence (14–16 years), Late adolescence (17–18 years) as described by Cromber et al. [47]