TABLE 6.

Associations between anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic markers interaction of Hispanic ethnicity

Cardiometabolic measure	Ethnicity	Beta	Beta (lower limit)	Beta (upper limit)	p Value	Interaction p Value
Triglycerides (n = 205)
BMI	Non‐Hispanic	0.217	0.110	0.324	<0.001	0.081
	Hispanic	0.107	0.034	0.179	0.004
BMI percentile	Non‐Hispanic	0.184	0.069	0.299	0.002	0.480
	Hispanic	0.129	0.027	0.231	0.014
Dry lean Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.197	0.058	0.337	0.006	0.385
	Hispanic	0.142	0.025	0.258	0.018
Body fat Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.192	0.085	0.299	0.001	0.072
	Hispanic	0.080	0.005	0.154	0.036
Percent body fat	Non‐Hispanic	0.185	0.043	0.326	0.011	0.452
	Hispanic	0.118	0.017	0.219	0.022
Total cholesterol (n = 204)
BMI	Non‐Hispanic	0.022	−0.031	0.074	0.416	0.231
	Hispanic	−0.015	−0.051	0.020	0.393
BMI percentile	Non‐Hispanic	0.015	−0.041	0.071	0.603	0.476
	Hispanic	−0.012	−0.061	0.037	0.623
Dry lean Mass	Non‐Hispanic	−0.008	−0.074	0.058	0.814	0.434
	Hispanic	−0.032	−0.087	0.024	0.262
Body fat Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.019	−0.032	0.071	0.460	0.150
	Hispanic	−0.024	−0.059	0.012	0.190
Percent body fat	Non‐Hispanic	0.017	−0.051	0.085	0.616	0.353
	Hispanic	−0.022	−0.070	0.026	0.370
C‐reactive protein (n = 89)
BMI	Non‐Hispanic	0.491	−0.001	0.983	0.050	0.774
	Hispanic	0.573	0.242	0.904	0.001
BMI percentile	Non‐Hispanic	0.483	0.064	0.901	0.024	0.981
	Hispanic	0.490	0.089	0.890	0.017
Dry lean Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.014	−0.549	0.576	0.961	0.246
	Hispanic	0.332	−0.119	0.783	0.147
Body fat Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.448	−0.028	0.924	0.064	0.962
	Hispanic	0.435	0.092	0.778	0.014
Percent body fat	Non‐Hispanic	0.638	0.222	1.054	0.003	0.692
	Hispanic	0.527	0.154	0.900	0.006
ALT (n = 365)
BMI	Non‐Hispanic	0.153	0.055	0.252	0.002	0.899
	Hispanic	0.161	0.090	0.232	<0.001
BMI percentile	Non‐Hispanic	0.151	0.063	0.239	0.001	0.784
	Hispanic	0.168	0.083	0.253	<0.001
Dry lean Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.171	0.053	0.289	0.005	0.583
	Hispanic	0.204	0.108	0.299	<0.001
Body fat Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.140	0.040	0.240	0.006	0.723
	Hispanic	0.161	0.088	0.235	<0.001
Percent body fat	Non‐Hispanic	0.145	0.042	0.247	0.006	0.615
	Hispanic	0.180	0.087	0.272	<0.001
HbA1c (n = 106)
BMI	Non‐Hispanic	0.022	−0.011	0.054	0.186	0.979
	Hispanic	0.022	0.003	0.041	0.021
BMI percentile	Non‐Hispanic	0.010	−0.019	0.038	0.503	0.831
	Hispanic	0.014	−0.018	0.046	0.383
Dry lean Mass	Non‐Hispanic	−0.011	−0.051	0.029	0.581	0.815
	Hispanic	−0.007	−0.039	0.025	0.665
Body fat Mass	Non‐Hispanic	0.022	−0.012	0.055	0.198	0.814
	Hispanic	0.018	−0.001	0.047	0.068
Percent body fat	Non‐Hispanic	0.043	0.001	0.085	0.046	0.479
	Hispanic	0.025	−0.002	0.052	0.065

Note: Separate linear regression models were performed to assess whether the association of each anthropometric measures (in standardized scale) with each cardiometabolic outcomes (in log scale) was moderated by ethnicity status (Hispanic vs. non‐Hispanic). All models adjusted for age and gender. Beta represents the mean difference in each outcome per standardized unit increase in each anthropometric measure. Interaction p Value indicates whether the association differed between Hispanic and non‐Hispanic children. The Bold Values represented significant of p value (i.e. <0.05)

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.