Table 2.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and individual components by asthma and obesity status among adolescents and young adults, NHANES 2011-2020.

	Asthma			No Asthma
	Obesity (%)	No obesity (%)	P-valuea	Obesity (%)	No obesity (%)	P-valuea
Metabolic syndrome b	4.4 (1.6-7.1)	0.2 (0-0.5)	<0.001	5.3 (3.3-7.3)	0.4 (0.2-0.7)	<0.001
Central obesity c	79.9 (73.0-86.6)	18.9 (13.6-24.2)	<0.001	80.8 (78.7-83.0)	17.7 (15.8-19.5)	<0.001
Hypertension d	3.5 (0-8.3)	1.1 (0-2.8)	0.239	2.1 (0.9-3.3)	0.2 (0.1-0.4)	<0.001
Hyperglycemia e	28.2 (18.2-38.2)	18.8 (12.1-25.5)	0.089	38.4 (32.4-44.5)	25.1 (21.5-28.6)	0.001
Hypertriglyceridemia f	16.6 (7.7-25.4)	3.5 (0.8-6.2)	0.002	19.7 (15.3-24.2)	5.3 (3.8-6.8)	<0.001
Low HDL cholesterol g	41.9 (34.2-49.6)	14.2 (8.9-19.5)	<0.001	41.9 (37.7-45.1)	16.5 (14.7-18.3)	<0.001

^aChi-square analysis

^bHave central obesity plus two of the following conditions: hypertension, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and low HDL cholesterol.

^cWaist circumference (WC) ≥ 90th percentile of the same gender and age for children aged 12-16 years, WC ≥ 94cm for males aged >16 years, and WC ≥80 cm for females aged >16 years

^dBlood pressure ≥130/80 mmHg

^eFast glucose ≥ 100mg/dL

^fTriglycerides ≥ 130 mg/dL (1.47 mmol/L)

^gHDL <40 mg/dL (1.03 mmol/L) for males aged 12-18 years and females aged 12-16 years, and HDL <50 mg/dL (1.29 mmol/L) for females aged >16 years.