Table 5.

Prevalence and odds ratios for hypertension and hyperlipidaemia in overweight and obese boys and girls

		Normal weight	Over weight	Obese	Total
Males
Hypertension (n= 3694)	%	2.8	8.6	23.4	4.6
	Odds ratios (95% CI)	1	3.3 (2.2–4.8)	10.7 (7.2–15.9)
High tryglicerides (≥1.7 mmol/L) (n= 2543)	%	10.62	16.29	30.63	12.19
	Odds ratios (95% CI)	1	1.6 (2.2–4.8)	3.7 (2.4–5.7)
Low-HDL cholesterol (<1.03 mmol/L) (n= 2543)	%	6.5	14.7	34.2	8.7
	Odds ratios (95% CI)	1	2.5 (1.7–3.6)	7.5 (4.9–11.6)
One or more risk factors	%	17.6	33.7	57.3	21.3
Two or more risk factors	%	2.4	6.1	21.8	3.7
Females
Hypertension (n= 3790)	%	3.3	10.7	31.8	6.1
	Odds ratios (95% CI)	1	3.5 (2.5–4.7)	13.5 (9.4–19.5)
High tryglicerides (≥1.7 mmol/L) (n= 2459)	%	10.05	21.32	39.81	13.38
	Odds ratios (95% CI)	1	2.4 (1.8–3.2)	5.9 (3.9–8.9)
Low-HDL cholesterol (<1.03 mmol/L) (n= 2459)	%	9	23.6	50	13.4
	Odds ratios (95% CI)	1	3.1 (2.4–4.1)	10.2 (6.8–15.3)
One or more risk factors	%	19	38	68.2	24.6
Two or more risk factors	%	2.7	13.9	36.4	6.2

Hypertension was defined as systolic or diastolic BP above the 95th percentile, using age- and height-specific cutoff for the 95th percentile as defined by the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure Pediatrics.¹⁵ Analyses are unadjusted.