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Table 2 Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in Iranian children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-V study

From: Validity of a continuous metabolic syndrome score as an index for modeling metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-V study

 

Total

Boys

Girls

P value

7–10 years

 Abdominal obesity

974 (20.4)

484 (20.7)

490 (20.0)

0.581

 Overweight

393 (8.2)

182 (7.8)

211 (8.6)

0.289

 Obese

530 (11.1)

298 (12.7)

232 (9.5)

< 0.001

 High FBG

47 (4.1)

31 (5.5)

16 (2.7)

0.019

 High TG

299 (26.1)

139 (24.6)

160 (27.5)

0.265

 High LDL-C

208 (18.1)

97 (17.2)

111 (19.1)

0.403

 High TC

72 (6.3)

37 (6.5)

35 (6.0)

0.709

 Low HDL-C

275 (24.0)

123 (21.8)

152 (26.1)

0.085

 Elevated systolic BP

229 (4.8)

89 (3.9)

140 (5.7)

0.003

 Elevated diastolic BP

427 (9.0)

206 (9.0)

221 (9.1)

0.949

 Elevated BP

515 (10.9)

239 (10.5)

276 (11.3)

0.340

 Mets

55 (4.9)

27 (4.9)

28 (5.0)

0.966

Number of mets

 0

487 (43.6)

238 (43.2)

249 (44.1)

0.802

 1

391 (35.0)

201 (36.5)

190 (33.6)

 2

183 (16.4)

85 (15.4)

98 (17.3)

 > 3

55 (5.0)

27 (4.9)

28 (5.0)

11–14

 Abdominal obesity

1156 (20.9)

606 (21.7)

550 (20.1)

0.151

 Overweight

567 (10.2)

260 (9.3)

307 (11.2)

0.019

 Obese

675 (12.2)

372 (13.3)

303 (11.0)

0.011

 High FBG

71 (4.3)

37 (4.4)

34 (4.2)

0.864

 High TG

457 (27.6)

219 (25.9)

238 (29.4)

0.108

 High LDL-C

282 (17.0)

147 (17.4)

135 (16.7)

0.710

 High TC

74 (4.5)

40 (4.7)

34 (4.2)

0.605

 Low HDL-C

428 (25.9)

206 (24.3)

222 (27.4)

0.151

 Elevated systolic BP

158 (2.9)

86 (3.1)

72 (2.6)

0.323

 Elevated diastolic BP

729 (13.2)

365 (13.1)

364 (13.4)

0.770

 Elevated BP

775 (14.1)

388 (13.9)

387 (14.2)

0.760

 Mets

85 (5.3)

46 (5.6)

39 (5.0)

0.598

Number of mets

 0

628 (39.0)

334 (40.4)

294 (37.5)

0.487

 1

580 (36.0)

296 (35.8)

284 (36.3)

 2

316 (19.6)

150 (18.2)

166 (21.2)

 > 3

85 (5.3)

46 (5.6)

39 (5)

15–18

 Abdominal obesity

842 (22.2)

460 (22.7)

382 (21.6)

0.421

 Overweight

370 (9.7)

179 (8.8)

191 (10.7)

0.046

 Obese

410 (10.8)

226 (11.1)

184 (10.3)

0.433

 High FBG

43 (4.1)

28 (4.7)

15 (3.4)

0.319

 High TG

309 (29.7)

183 (30.4)

126 (28.6)

0.538

 High LDL-C

184 (17.7)

97 (16.1)

87 (19.8)

0.126

 High TC

43 (4.1)

23 (3.8)

20 (4.5)

0.561

 Low HDL-C

431 (41.4)

329 (54.7)

102 (23.2)

< 0.001

 Elevated systolic BP

51 (1.4)

35 (1.7)

16 (0.9)

0.029

 Elevated diastolic BP

294 (7.8)

175 (8.7)

119 (6.8)

0.031

 Elevated BP

314 (8.3)

188 (9.3)

126 (7.2)

0.018

 Mets

48 (4.8)

35 (6.0)

13 (3.1)

0.035

Number of mets

 0

328 (32.6)

134 (22.8)

194 (46.2)

< 0.001

 1

386 (38.3)

250 (42.6)

136 (32.4)

 2

245 (24.3)

168 (28.6)

77 (18.3)

 > 3

48 (4.8)

35 (6)

13 (3.1)

Total

 Abdominal obesity

2972 (21.1)

1550 (21.6)

1422 (20.5)

0.087

 Overweight

1330 (9.4)

621 (8.7)

709 (10.2)

0.002

 Obese

1615 (11.4)

896 (12.5)

719 (10.3)

< 0.001

 High FBG

161 (4.2)

96 (4.8)

65 (3.8)

0.060

 High TG

1065 (27.7)

541 (26.9)

524 (28.6)

0.228

 High LDL-C

674 (17.5)

341 (16.9)

333 (18.2)

0.310

 High TC

189 (4.9)

100 (5.0)

89 (4.9)

0.878

 Low HDL-C

1134 (29.5)

658 (32.7)

476 (26.0)

< 0.001

Elevated systolic BP

438 (3.1)

210 (3.0)

228 (3.3)

0.255

 Elevated diastolic BP

1450 (10.4)

746 (10.5)

704 (10.2)

0.510

 Elevated BP

1604 (11.5)

815 (11.5)

789 (11.4)

0.877

 Mets

188 (5)

108 (5.5)

80 (4.5)

0.174

Number of mets components

 0

1443 (38.7)

706 (35.9)

737 (41.7)

0.005

 1

1357 (36.4)

747 (38.0)

610 (34.5)

 2

744 (19.9)

403 (20.5)

341 (19.3)

 > 3

161 (5.1)

108 (5.5)

80 (4.5)

  1. Data are expressed as number (%)
  2. Overweight: BMI; 85th–95th; obesity, BMI > 95th; low HDL: < 40 mg/dL (except in boys 15–19 y old, that cut-off was < 45 mg/dL); high LDL: > 110 mg/dL; high TG: 100 mg/dL; high TC: > 200 mg/dL; elevated FBS > 100 mg/dL; high blood pressure: > 90th (adjusted by age, sex, height)
  3. BP blood pressure; TG triglycerides; FBG fasting blood glucose; HDL-C high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TC total cholesterol; LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol