|Table 1: Anthropometric and metabolic characteristics of cohort participants by sex in 3 phases.|
|Data are presented as mean (SD) or percent.|
BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; TG, triglycerides HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Overweight defined as ≥85th to <95th percentile of BMI for age and sex; obesity defined as ≥95th percentile of BMI for age and sex; abdominal obesity defined as WC ≥ 90th percentile for age and sex.
(between boys and girls in each phase).