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Table 1 Baseline characteristic of children and adolescents according to tertiles of nut consumption

From: Association of nuts and unhealthy snacks with subclinical atherosclerosis among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity

 

Nuts (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

P for trend

T1 (< 0.64)

T2 (0.65–1.60)

T3 (> 1.61)

Participants (n)

113

113

113

 

Median (serving/wk./1000Kcal)

0.34

0.99

2.78

 

Age (years)

9.2 ± 1.7

9.3 ± 1.7

9.4 ± 1.8

0.471

Girls (%)

44.6

44.2

54.4

0.142

WC (cm)

80.5 ± 10.6

80.6 ± 8.4

80.9 ± 9.7

0.707

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 3.5

23.2 ± 2.9

23.3 ± 3.3

0.864

BMI z-score

0.2 ± 1.0

0.1 ± 0.9

0.1 ± 1.0

0.864

Obesity (%)

68.8

69.9

66.7

0.735

Low physical activity (%)

61.6

52.2

55.3

0.606

Pubertal (%)

80.4

78.8

88.6

0.101

SBP (mmHg)

105.1 ± 12.8

104.2 ± 13.0

105.3 ± 13.7

0.737

DBP (mmHg)

64.8 ± 8.4

65.2 ± 8.4

66.2 ± 10.5

0.251

High blood pressure (%)

19.6

25.7

25.4

0.307

FPG (mg/dl)

90.8 ± 9.5

91.2 ± 9.0

89.8 ± 8.9

0.341

High FPG (%)

19.6

14.3

15.9

0.456

Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)

107.5 (80.0–134.0)

101.0 (74.0–134.0)

106.0 (75–152.2)

0.195

High triglyceride (%)

44.6

42.1

47.8

0.635

  1. WC waist circumference, BMI z-score body mass index z-score, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose
  2. Data are represented as mean ± SD or median (IQR 25–75) for continuous variables and as percentages for categorical variables
  3. ANOVA and chi-square test were used for continuous and categorical variables, respectively