Table 1

Baseline and 7 yr follow-up characteristics (mean ± SD) of the participants presented by the presence or absence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) as adolescents

Baseline
 Seven Years Later

No MS
 MS
 No MS
 MS
Age (y)
 8.6 ± 0.8
 8.7 ± 0.7
 15.2 ± 0.7
 15.1 ± 0.7
Height (cm)
 135 ± 6
 136 ± 6
 168 ± 5
 170 ± 8
Body Mass (kg)
 32.3 ± 7.2
 35.7 ± 6.2
 63.7 ± 12.9
 83.9 ± 12.9**
BMI (kg/m2)
 17.6 ± 2.8
 19.3 ± 2.0*
 22.4 ± 3.9
 29.0 ± 4.3**
Body Fat (%)
 20.4 ± 7.4
 26.0 ± 7.8*
 24.5 ± 9.3*
 36.6 ± 9.8*
BPsys (mmHg)
 103 ± 10
 108 ± 10*
 114 ± 9
 127 ± 10**
BPdia (mmHg)
 67 ± 8
 68 ± 9
 68 ± 9
 75 ± 11
Chol (mmol/L)
 4.18 ± 0.75
 4.60 ± 0.91*
 3.77 ± 0.64
 4.48 ± 0.78**
PA Score
 67 ± 29
 49 ± 20*
 156 ± 69
 122 ± 48**
VO2max (ml/kg/min)
 44.3 ± 9.0
 35.8 ± 11.6*
 38.9 ± 10.2
 29.7 ± 10.4**
VO2max (ml/kgFFM/min)
 55.4 ± 9.7
 48.4 ± 14.5
 51.2 ± 10.1
 46.9 ± 10.4
HDL-C (mmol/L)
 ----
 ----
 1.23 ± 0.26
 1.01 ± 0.20**
Trig (mmol/L)
 ----
 ----
 0.86 ± 0.46
 1.57 ± 0.7**
Glucose (mmol/L)
 ----
 ----
 4.77 ± 0.42
 5.14 ± 0.67**

* p < 0.04 MS vs. No MS at Baseline

** p < 0.002 MS vs. No MS at seven-years follow-up

McMurray et al. Dynamic Medicine 2008 7:5   doi:10.1186/1476-5918-7-5