Table 4.

Pearson correlation coefficients between cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and anthropometric parameters, adjusted for age and Tanner stage in boys (N=235) and girls (N=217)

Boys	Height	BMI ^§	Sum of skinfolds ^§	Waist-to-height Ratio
Total cholesterol ^§	−0.10	0.00	0.02	0.03
LDL cholesterol ^§	−0.09	0.09	0.12	0.16 ^*
HDL cholesterol	−0.13 ^*	−0.31 ^***	−0.32 ^***	−0.32 ^***
Triglycerides ^§	0.08	0.22 ^**	0.26 ^***	0.20 ^**
Glucose ^§	0.07	0.09	0.13 ^*	0.05
Insulin ^§	0.14 ^*	0.34 ^***	0.37 ^***	0.28 ^***
SBP	0.08	0.19 ^**	0.16 ^*	0.16 ^*
DBP	0.07	0.20 ^**	0.12	0.14 ^*

Girls

Total cholesterol ^§	−0.18 ^**	0.06	0.06	0.14 ^*
LDL cholesterol ^§	−0.16 ^*	0.14 ^*	0.17 ^*	0.19 ^**
HDL cholesterol	−0.06	−0.24 ^**	−0.33 ^***	−0.23 ^**
Triglycerides ^§	−0.09	0.26 ^***	0.27 ^***	0.36 ^***
Glucose ^§	0.20 ^**	0.16 ^*	0.11	0.16 ^*
Insulin ^§	0.11	0.34 ^***	0.26 ^**	0.27 ^***
SBP	0.01	0.13	0.01	0.12
DBP	0.00	0.31 ^***	0.22 ^**	0.26 ^**

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.0001

^§

Log-transformed variables