Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 4 Lipid profile in obese versus control group

From: Clinical, laboratory and radiological assessment of skeletal maturation in children and adolescents with obesity

Variable	Obese group	Control	P value
Cholesterol
Mean ± SD	170.47 ± 49.22	157.97 ± 16.85	0.554
Range	98–367	130–195
HDL
Mean ± SD	39.02 ± 8.69	49.17 ± 10.68	0.000
Range	23–54	33–67
LDL
Mean ± SD	107.03 ± 47.26	88 ± 17.7	0.062
Range	11–269	42–130
Triglyceride
Mean ± SD	111.77 ± 45.15	103.13 ± 15.11	0.549
Range	32–223	78–131

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