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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2010 Dec 1;47(6):604–607. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.04.017

Table 2.

Percent of students with risk factors for diabetes and CVD by BMI percentile and risk factors among severely obese students by race/ethnicity

Family History Type 2 Diabetes Waist ≥ 90 percentile Glucose > 100 mg/dl Insulin ≥ 30 μU/mL Total Chol ≥ 170 mg/dl LDL > 110 mg/dl HDL < 35 mg/dl Trig > 110 mg/dl High Blood Pressure
BMI Percentile % % % % % % %
<85 12.4 0.24 13.5 0.8 26 10.9 1.1 11.5 8.9
≥85-<95 16.5 18.7 15.5 3 31.4 18.2 4.3 25.4 9.8
≥95-<99 21.3 84.5 20.2 13.4 35.5 21.7 8.8 40.7 20.3
≥99 28.5 99.5 22.5 40 34.1 20.1 16.4 44.3 31.6
p value < 0.001 < 0.001 0.0003 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 <0.001
p value [≥95-<99 vs. ≥99*] 0.006 < 0.001 0.268 < 0.001 0.641 0.556 < 0.001 0.172 < 0.001
BMI ≥99 [Severely Obese] Family History Type 2 Diabetes Waist ≥ 90 percentile Glucose > 100 mg/dl Insulin ≥ 30 μU/mL Total Chol ≥ 170 mg/dl LDL > 110 mg/dl HDL < 35 mg/dl Trig > 110 mg/dl High Blood Pressure
Race/Ethnicity % % % % % % % %
Hispanic 32.3 99.6 22.8 45.7 28.8 13.3 19.7 54.1 28.6
Black 23.8 100 22.6 30.4 35.5 29.03 7.5 18.3 28.9
White 20.9 98.3 23.3 30 50 33.9 20 53.3 48.3
p value 0.18 0.98 0.99 0.012 0.007 0.0001 0.023 <0.001 0.0105