Table IV.
Predictive utility of candidate childhood metabolic variable at different cut-off values for corresponding adult metabolic variables alone vs. adult metabolic syndrome as a whole
| Adult Metabolic Variables | Adult Metabolic Syndrome | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Cutoff | Prevalence % | Sensitivity % | Specificity % | PV (+) % | PV (−) % | Sensitivity % | Specificity % | PV (+) % | PV (−) % |
| BMI 85 | 21.1 | 33.1 | 90.5 | 76.9 | 58.5 | 36.9 | 85.4 | 51.2 | 76.6 |
| BMI 90 | 15.7 | 26.5 | 94.7 | 82.8 | 57.4 | 29.6 | 90.1 | 55.2 | 75.5 |
| BMI 95 | 8.3 | 14.7 | 96.8 | 81.6 | 54.2 | 15.1 | 94.4 | 52.9 | 72.9 |
| FG 90 | 34.2 | 46.2 | 69.6 | 25.4 | 85.3 | 45.3 | 70.4 | 38.8 | 75.6 |
| FG 100 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 96.1 | 33.3 | 82.4 | 5 | 95.4 | 31 | 70.8 |
| FG 110 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 99.5 | 33.3 | 81.8 | 1.1 | 99.5 | 50 | 70.8 |
| TG 90 | 24.5 | 38.4 | 82 | 47.2 | 76 | 36.9 | 80.8 | 44.3 | 75.5 |
| TG 100 | 18 | 29.9 | 87.4 | 50 | 74.9 | 26.3 | 85.4 | 42.7 | 73.7 |
| TG 110 | 14.4 | 25.4 | 90.5 | 52.9 | 74.3 | 22.9 | 89.1 | 46.6 | 73.6 |
| HDL 40 | 13.7 | 22.3 | 95.5 | 84.2 | 53.6 | 20.7 | 89.1 | 44.1 | 73.1 |
| HDL 45 | 23.6 | 37.5 | 91 | 81.7 | 57.8 | 36.9 | 81.9 | 45.8 | 75.8 |
| HDL 50 | 39.9 | 57.9 | 78.3 | 74 | 63.6 | 58.1 | 67.6 | 42.6 | 79.6 |
| SBP 75 | 16.4 | 24.8 | 86.1 | 34.3 | 79.6 | 22.9 | 86.1 | 40.6 | 72.9 |
| SBP 90 | 7.4 | 15.3 | 95.3 | 48.8 | 79.4 | 12.9 | 94.9 | 51.1 | 72.4 |
| DBP 75 | 19.5 | 24 | 82.3 | 35.6 | 72.7 | 21.2 | 81 | 31.7 | 71.3 |
| DBP 90 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 93.7 | 37.2 | 71.7 | 8.9 | 93.5 | 36.4 | 71.3 |
Note. BMI, SBP, and DBP are expressed in percentile. FG, TG, and HDL are expressed in mg/dL.