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Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2010 Mar 1;125(4):e801–e809. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2182

TABLE 4.

HRs of the Effect of Weight on the Likelihood of Abnormal Values of Inflammatory Markers

Age, y	CRP > 1.0 mg/L			CRP > 4.0 mg/L			Neutrophils > 6600 or 67.2%			F/T Saturation > 4.81
Age, y	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P	HR	95% CI	P
1–2
Very obese	1.16	0.44–3.05	.763	0.61	0.07–5.03	.638	1.96	0.48–8.03	.344	3.19	0.53–19.28	.203
Obese	1.19	0.57–2.48	.635	0.89	0.29–2.75	.843	0.87	0.22–3.46	.839	0.31	0.08–1.31	.110
Overweight	1.58	0.85–2.92	.145	1.89	0.68–5.25	.219	0.45	0.16–1.24	.120	0.18^a	0.06–0.57	.004
3–5
Very obese	2.29^a	1.52–3.44	< .001	1.14	0.46–2.83	.770	1.38	0.37–5.17	.627	1.82	0.56–5.89	.318
Obese	1.49	0.94–2.37	.088	1.34	0.51–3.55	.545	0.90	0.30–2.71	.853	1.11	0.42–2.93	.829
Overweight	1.14	0.70–1.85	.590	0.71	0.24–2.07	.526	1.42	0.62–3.23	.402	0.37	0.13–1.05	.061
6–8
Very obese	3.03^a	2.12–4.33	< .001	4.05^a	1.52–10.79	.006	2.00^b	1.00–3.99	.049	0.41	0.08–2.06	.277
Obese	2.39^a	1.63–3.51	< .001	1.78	0.75–4.20	.187	1.53	0.59–3.99	.378	3.78	0.94–15.18	.060
Overweight	1.68^b	1.14–2.47	.010	2.21	0.93–5.26	.073	0.97	0.44–2.12	.929	0.19^b	0.05–0.78	.021
9–11
Very obese	6.36^a	4.86–8.31	< .001	19.79^a	11.76–33.31	< .001	5.29^a	2.02–13.87	< .001	7.06^a	2.31–21.62	< .001
Obese	5.12^a	4.08–6.42	< .001	7.00^a	3.89–12.59	< .001	3.21^a	1.54–6.70	.002	2.93^b	1.26–6.80	.013
Overweight	2.63^a	1.85–3.73	< .001	2.43^b	1.17–5.05	.018	1.21	0.47–3.12	.689	1.31	0.41–4.15	.642
12–14
Very obese	7.19^a	5.59–9.24	< .001	18.88^a	11.04–32.28	< .001	2.32^b	1.13–4.79	.023	4.20^a	2.06–8.57	< .001
Obese	4.50^a	3.63–5.59	< .001	6.61^a	3.85–11.34	< .001	2.24^a	1.47–3.42	< .001	4.03^a	1.83–8.83	< .001
Overweight	2.41^a	1.84–3.16	< .001	1.50	0.70–3.22	.291	1.60^b	1.05–2.44	.030	1.49	0.56–3.95	.420
15–17
Very obese	4.73^a	3.72–6.02	< .001	8.14^a	4.81–13.77	< .001	1.16	0.53–2.56	.706	5.50^a	2.43–12.48	< .001
Obese	3.64^a	3.03–4.37	< .001	5.00^a	3.04–8.21	< .001	1.67^b	1.03–2.71	.039	2.72^a	1.58–4.67	< .001
Overweight	2.09^a	1.71–2.57	< .001	1.86	0.96–3.61	.065	1.56	0.97–2.49	.063	0.77	0.27–2.20	.620

Adjusted for age, race, presence of recent cold or influenza, asthma, and smoking.

P < .01.

P < .05.