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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2007 Oct 22;152(2):185–190. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.08.007

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.