TABLE 2.
Means and 95% confidence intervals for cardiometabolic risk factor by BMI category adjusted for race, household education level, and pubertal stage (males n = 2341, females n = 2614).
| BMI Category |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiometabolic Risk Factor | Gender | <85th percentilea | 85th–94th percentilea | ≥95th percentilea | Pr > F |
| Waist circumference (cm) | Male | 63.8 (63.0–64.6) | 75.9 (74.9–77.0) | 93.2 (92.3–94.1) | <0.0001c,d,e |
| Female | 65.3 (64.5–66.1) | 77.6 (76.7–78.5) | 92.9 (92.0–93.8) | <0.0001c,d,e | |
| Total cholesterol (mg·dL–1) | Male | 154.1 (151.7–157.1) | 159.2 (155.8–162.6) | 164.4 (161.4–167.3) | <0.0001d |
| Female | 156.1 (154.0–158.2) | 160.1 (157.3–162.8) | 160.5 (158.0–163.1) | 0.0002d | |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg·dL–1) | Male | 57.9 (56.8–59.1) | 51.6 (50.1–53.1) | 46.4 (45.2–47.7) | <0.0001c,d,e |
| Female | 56.9 (55.8–58.0) | 50.7 (49.4–52.0) | 46.0 (44.7–47.2) | <0.0001c,d,e | |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg·dL–1) | Male | 83.5 (81.4–85.6) | 90.4 (87.7–93.2) | 95.7 (93.4–98.1) | <0.0001c,d,e |
| Female | 85.0 (83.2–86.8) | 90.7 (88.4–93.1) | 92.8 (90.6–95.0) | <0.0001c,d | |
| Triglycerides (mg·dL–1)b | Male | 60.1 (57.7–62.5) | 75.7 (71.8–79.9) | 98.3 (94.0–102.8) | <0.0001c,d,e |
| Female | 66.1 (64.0–68.4) | 83.3 (79.7–87.0) | 95.9 (92.1–99.9) | <0.0001c,d,e | |
| SBP (mm Hg) | Male | 106.8 (105.7–107.9) | 107.4 (106.0–108.7) | 112.5 (111.3–113.7) | <0.0001d,e |
| Female | 105.1 (104.1–106.1) | 106.2 (105.0–107.4) | 109.4 (108.3–110.5) | <0.0001d,e | |
| DBP (mm Hg) | Male | 61.2 (60.4–61.9) | 63.1 (62.1–64.1) | 67.7 (66.9–68.6) | <0.0001c,d,e |
| Female | 62.3 (61.6–63.0) | 64.3 (63.4–65.2) | 68.1 (67.2–68.9) | <0.0001c,d,e | |
| Glucose (mg·dL–1) | Male | 93.5 (92.9–94.2) | 94.3 (93.5–95.1) | 94.7 (94.0–95.4) | 0.0003d |
| Female | 91.6 (91.0–92.2) | 92.0 (91.3–92.7) | 93.2 (92.5–93.9) | <0.0001d | |
| Insulin (μU·mL–1)b | Male | 6.1 (5.8–6.4) | 9.6 (9.0–10.2) | 16.0 (15.2–16.9) | <0.0001c,d,e |
| Female | 7.7 (7.3–8.0) | 12.0 (11.3–12.7) | 18.2 (17.3–19.2) | <0.0001c,d,e | |
a
Number of participants in each category: <85th percentile, males n = 1127 and females n = 1378; 85th–94th percentile, males n = 432 and females n = 532; ≥95th percentile males n = 732 and females n = 704.
b
Variables were log-transformed for analysis, means and 95% confidence intervals were transformed back to the original scale.
c
Bonferroni P ≤ 0.001, <85th percentile vs 85th–94th percentile.
d
Bonferroni P ≤ 0.001, <85th percentile vs ≥95th percentile.
e
Bonferroni P ≤ 0.001, 85th–94th percentile vs ≥95th percentile.