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Table 3.

Independent Predictors of Alanine Aminotrasferase Levels in Preadolescents and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Independent variable	Preadolescents (4–11years) (β)	Adolescents (12–18) (β)
Age	−0.033	0.015
Whites > blacks	0.089^a	−0.027
Males > females	−0.043	0.236^a
BMI	0.285^a	0.200^a
SBP	0.023	0.061
TC/HDL-C	−0.001	0.088^b
HOMA-IR	-0.037	0.066^b

All values are regression coefficient β.

^{^a}

P < 0.0001.

^{^b}

P = 0.01.

The bold values highlight the significant values in the table.

BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC/HDL-C, total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio; HOMA-IR, insulin resistance index, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.