Changes in blood pressure and serum lipid values between baseline and follow up for obese Beijing schoolchildren in the treatment versus control groups
| Treatment | Control | p value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow up | Change | Baseline | Follow up | Change | ||
| Results expressed as mean (SD). | |||||||
| SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure. | |||||||
| *Comparing the treatment and control groups in changes between baseline and follow up by †independent t test or §Mann-Whitney test. | |||||||
| SBP (mm Hg) | 116.1 (4.3) | 116.2 (4.9) | −1.5 (2.5) | 117.5 (5.2) | 118.4 (3.6) | 2.3 (2.0) | 0.001† |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 72.9 (4.8) | 72.5 (3.2) | −0.8 (1.8) | 73.8 (4.5) | 74.2 (2.6) | 1.49 (2.19) | 0.003§ |
| Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4.57 (0.3) | 4.32 (0.39) | −0.26 (0.14) | 4.61 (0.4) | 4.55 (0.36) | −0.03 (0.14) | <0.001§ |
| Triglyceride (mmol/l) | 0.72 (0.12) | 0.65 (0.13) | −0.08 (0.05) | 0.73 (0.15) | 0.73 (0.14) | 0.01 (0.05) | <0.001† |