Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies in the meta-analysis

From: Performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for identifying cardiometabolic risk in children: a meta-analysis

Author, year

Study year

Country

Designa

N(boys/girls)

Age (range or mean ± SD)

CMRs

Categoriesb

Dou [20], 2020

2012–2014

China

1

8130(4325/3805)

7 ~ 18

Elevated FBG; HDL-C; LDL-C; TC; TG; dyslipidaemia; elevated blood pressure; central obesity; CMR1; CMR2; CMR3

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Nan [42], 2013

NA

China

1

1095

18 ± 0.95

FBG; pre-hypertension; HDL-C; TG; mets (CMR3)

1, 2, 3, 4

Hou [43], 2018

2012–2014

China

1

1170

6 ~ 17

FBG; hypertension; HDL-C; TG; 1 RF; 2rfs

1, 2, 3, 4

Perona [44], 2017

NA

Spain

1

1001(468/533)

13.2 ± 1.2

Glucose; SBP hypertension; DBP hypertension; HDL-C; tgs; LDL-C; mets criteria ≥ 3 risks

1, 2, 3, 4

Quadros [45], 2016

2011

Brazil

1

1139

6 ~ 17

Glucose

3

López-González [46], 2016

2011–2015

Mexico

1

365

10 ~ 18

FBG; pre-hypertension; low HDL-C; TG; ≥ 2 rfs

1, 2, 3, 4

Kruger [47], 2013

2003

South African

1

178

14 ~ 18

Glucose; pre-hypertension

2, 3

Xue [48], 2014

2011– 2014

China

1

8378(4245/4133)

6 ~ 17

SBP; DBP; hypertension

3

Motswagole [49], 2011

2000– 2001

South African

1

688(321/367)

9 ~ 15

High BP (95th percentiles)

3

Kromeyer-Hauschild [50], 2013

2003– 2006

Germany

1

6813(3492/3321)

11 ~ 17

Hypertension

3

Chiolero [51], 2013

2005

Switzerland

1

5207

12.3 ± 0.5

Elevated BP

3

Cheah [52], 2018

2015

Malaysia

1

2461(1033/1428)

13 ~ 17

Hypertension

3

Meng [53], 2008

2004

China

2

4939

6 ~ 18

High BP; dyslipidaemia; 1 RF; ≥ 2 rfs; 3rfs

1, 3, 4

Christofaro [54], 2018

2011

Brazil

1

8295

10 ~ 17

Hypertension

3

Ma [55], 2016

1993– 2011

China

1

10,163(5346/4817)

7 ~ 17

Elevated BP

3

Beck [56], 2011

2006

Brazil

1

660(317/343)

14 ~ 19

High BP

3

Wariri [57], 2018

2015

Nigeria

1

367

10 ~ 18

Elevated BP

3

Mishra [58], 2015

2011–2013

India

1

1913

6 ~ 16

High SBP (pre-hypertension); high DBP (pre-hypertension)

3

Liu [59], 2007

2004

China

1

962

5 ~ 19

Dyslipidaemia

4

Zheng [60], 2016

2011–2012

China

1

399(boy only)

9.3 ± 1.7

Dyslipidaemia

4

Chen [61], 2019

2015–2017

China

1

452(255/197)

6 ~ 9

Abdominal fat

5

Ejtahed [62], 2019

2015

Iran

1

14,233(7019/7214)

7 ~ 18

Central obesity

5

Dong [63], 2016

2010

China

1

105,245(60,435/60590)

7 ~ 18

Abdominally overweight

5

Fujita [64], 2011

2008–2010

Japan

1

422(226/196)

10

Abdominal fat

5

Zhou [16], 2014

2010

China

1

16,914(8843/8071)

7 ~ 17

Central obesity; meeting 3 criteria of mets

1, 5

Dai [65], 2014

2009–2010

China

1

18,529(9771/8758)

6 ~ 15

 ≥ 2 rfs

1

Matsha [66], 2013

2007–2008

South African

1

1272(496/776)

10 ~ 16

2 components of mets

1

Bauer [26], 2015

2006–2009

the United States

1

6052

10 ~ 13

 ≥ 1 RF; ≥ 2 rfs; ≥ 3 rfs

1

Liu [67], 2015

2006

China

1

3136(1601/1535)

13 ~ 17

Hypertriglyceridemia waist phenotype

1

Seo [21], 2017

2011–2014

Korea

1

2935

10 ~ 19

Mets (CMR2)

1

Aguirre [68], 2017

NA

Ecuador

1

395(186/209)

10 ~ 15

Meeting 3 criteria of mets; meeting 4 criteria of mets

1

Adegboye [69], 2010

Denmark 1997–1998, Estonia 1998–1999, Portugal 1999–2000

Denmark, Estonia, Portugal

1

2835(1385/1452)

8.2 ~ 17.3

3 rfs

1

Ma [70], 2017

2006

China

1

3136(1601/1535)

13 ~ 17

Mets (CMR3)

1

Zhao [71], 2017

1999–2012

The United States

1

3621(1868/1753)

12 ~ 17

 ≥ 3 criteria of mets

1

Xu [72], 2017

2007–2011

China

1

11,174(6170/5004)

10 ~ 17

Mets (CMR3)

1

Oliveira [73], 2018

2014

Brazil

1

1035(470/565)

12 ~ 20

Mets (CMR3)

1

LIU [74], 2017

2010–2011

China

1

928(492/436)

11 ~ 16

Mets (CMR3)

1

Arsang-Jang [75], 2019

2003–2016

Iran

1

14,286(7235/7051)

 > 10

Mets (CMR3)

1

Vasquez [76], 2019

NA

Chile

1

678(354/324)

16

Mets (CMR3)

1

Graves [77], 2014

1998–2005

The United Kingdom

3

2856(1368/1488)

7 ~ 13

 ≥ 3 rfs

1

Tompuri [22], 2019

2007–2009

Finland

1

482(249/233)

6 ~ 8

Meeting 3 criteria of mets

1

Benmohammed [38], 2015

2007

Algeria

1

1088(528/560)

15.5 ± 1.8

Meeting 3 criteria of mets

1

Zhang [78], 2019

NA

China

1

683(366/317)

8–15

Mets (CMR3)

1

Yuan [79], 2020

NA

China

1

683(366/317)

8–15

FBG

2

Wang [80], 2019

NA

China

1

683(366/317)

8–15

Hypertension

3

Tee [81], 2020

NA

Malaysia

1

513(211/302)

12–16

Hypertension (90th percentiles, 95th percentiles)

3

Vaquero-Álvarez [82], 2020

2018

Spain

1

265(144/121)

6–16

Hypertension

3

Cristine Silva [24], 2019

NA

Brazil

1

548(238/310)

12–17

Mets (CMR3)

1

Li [83], 2020

2013

China

1

15,698(8004/7694)

6–17

Dyslipidaemia, hypertension, CMR3

1,3,4

Mai [84], 2020

2014–2015

Vietnam

1

10,936(5537,5399)

6–18

Elevated BP, dyslipidaemia, CMR3

1,3,4

Yazdi [85], 2020

2015

Iran

1

14,008(7091,6917)

7–18

Elevated BP, hypertension

3

Kilinc [86], 2019

2011

Turkey

1

2718(1467/1251)

6–17

Abnormality obesity

5

Arellano‐Ruiz [23], 2020

2010

Spain

1

848(408/440)

8–11

HDL-C, TG, elevated BP (95th percentiles), mets

1,3,4

  1. a1. Cross-sectional study; 2. Case–control study; 3. Cohort study
  2. b1.Clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors; 2. Elevated fasting blood glucose; 3. Elevated blood pressure; 4. Dyslipidaemia; 5. Central obesity;
  3. MetS, metabolic syndrome; CMR: cardiometabolic risk factor; CMR1: presenting with least one of CMRs; CMR2: presenting with at least two CMRs; CMR3: presenting with at least three CMRs; RF, risk factor; FBG: fasting blood glucose; BP, blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, High-density leptin cholesterol; LDL-C, Low-density leptin cholesterol