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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2009 Sep;155(3):S5.e17–S5.e26. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.044

Table IV.

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome by school survey risk factor load pattern groups

			Complete Cohort (N = 858)			Age 40 Subset (N = 730)

BMI load	TRIG load	SBP load	N	% of 858	MetS+ (%)	N	% of 730	MetS+ (%)

< 50^th^†	< 50^th	< 50^th	202	23.6	18.8	177	24.3	20.3
		≥ 75^th	35	4.1	25.7	32	4.4	28.1
	≥ 75^th	≥ 50^th	38	4.4	21.1	33	4.5	24.2
		≥ 75^th	8	0.9	25.0	7	1.0	28.6

≥ 75^th^‡	< 50^th	< 50^th	27	3.1	37.0	23	3.2	39.1
		≥ 75^th	17	2.0	52.9	14	1.9	57.1
	≥ 75^th	< 50^th	9	1.1	55.6	8	1.1	62.5
		≥ 75^th	18	2.1	72.2	17	2.3	76.5

Other Patterns			504	58.7	37.5	419	57.4	24.8

^†

23.6% of 513 members of the Complete Cohort with BMI load < 50^th percentile, and 26.1% of 436 members of the Age 40 Subset with BMI load < 50^th percentile are MetS+

^‡

57.9% of 145 members of the Complete Cohort with BMI load ≥ 75^th percentile, and 62.3% of 130 members of the Age 40 Subset with BMI load ≥ 75^th percentile are MetS+

See Tables I and II for additional definitions