. 2010 Aug 26;33(11):2474–2476. doi: 10.2337/dc10-0619

Table 1.

Pearson correlation coefficients of white blood cell count with MetS variables by age groups and race, adjusting for age, sex, and smoking (for adults)

	Cross-sectional analysis
	Preadolescents		Adolescents		Adults
	Whites	Blacks	Whites	Blacks	Whites	Blacks
n	712	425	902	642	1,082	421
Age (years)	4–11	4–11	12–17	12–17	18–38	18–38
BMI	0.104^**	0.017	0.159^***	0.115^**	0.219^***	0.133^**
Waist circumference					0.214^***	0.112^*
Systolic BP	0.095^*	0.107^*	0.082^*	0.018	0.144^***	0.032^†
Diastolic BP	0.022	0.048	0.065	−0.017	0.136^***	−0.028^‡
Glucose	−0.081^*	−0.085	−0.051	−0.139^***	−0.012	0.002
Log-insulin	0.072	0.042	0.105^**	−0.030^‡	0.237^***	0.097^†
Log-HOMA-IR	0.051	−0.018	0.052	−0.041	0.192^***	0.083
HDL cholesterol	−0.088^*	−0.084	−0.109^**	−0.032	−0.076^*	−0.032
Log-triglycerides	0.115^**	0.149^**	0.179^***	0.140^***	0.305^***	0.122^*^†
Heart rate	0.156^***	0.082	0.141^***	0.152^***	0.104^**	0.127^**
Uric acid	0.046	0.033	0.096^**	0.071	0.148^***	0.062

	Longitudinal analysis
	Baseline		Follow-up
	Whites	Blacks	Whites	Blacks
n	538	205	538	205
BMI	0.180^***	0.039	0.221^***	0.086
Waist circumference	0.197^***	0.005^†	0.224^***	0.028^†
Systolic BP	0.139^**	0.055	0.134^**	0.190^**
Diastolic BP	0.134^**	−0.016	0.121^**	0.241^***
HDL cholesterol	−0.075	0.050	−0.129^**	0.009
Log-triglycerides	0.163^***	0.092	0.171^***	0.071
Heart rate	0.111^**	0.061	0.097^*	0.090
Uric acid	0.134^**	0.034	0.119^**	0.007

Different from zero:

*P < 0.05;

**P < 0.01;

***P < 0.001. Racial difference:

†P < 0.05;

‡P < 0.01. BP, blood pressure; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.