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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2012 Jan 13;160(4):590–597.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.12.003

Table IV.

In 519 Families, Percentage of Families with Parental CVD Events by Offsprings’ Pediatric Risk Factor Status

Pediatric Risk Factor # Families Using pediatric risk factor as screening test for parental CVD
# families with CVD Relative Risk 95% CI Sensitivity specificity Positive predicted value Negative predicted value p

BMI (≥85th CDC 2000 age-gender specific percentile as high)
High 151 (30%) 77 (51%) 1.15 33% 73% 51% 55% Χ2=1.79, p=.18

Not high 355 (70%) 158 (45%) 0.94-1.39

TG (≥110 mg/dl as high)
High 103 (20%) 59 (57%) 1.30 24% 84% 57% 56% Χ2=5.65, p=.018

Not high 416 (80%) 184 (44%) 1.06-1.58

HDLC (≤50 F, ≤40 M as low)
Low 173 (34%) 85 (49%) 1.09 36% 68% 49% 55% Χ2=0.81, p=.37

Not Low 336 (66%) 151 (45%) 0.90-1.33

LDLC (≥110 mg/dl as high)
High 234 (46%) 122 (52%) 1.26 52% 59% 52% 59% Χ2=5.98, p=.015

Not high 276 (54%) 114 (41%) 1.05-1.52

BP (≥90th age-height specific percentile as high)
High 62 (14%) 35 (56%) 1.26 17% 89% 56% 55% Χ2=2.86, p=.091

Not high 394 (86%) 177 (45%) 0.98-1.60

Glucose (≥100 mg/dl as high)
High 29 (6%) 12 (41%) 0.88 5% 94% 41% 53% Χ2=0.32, p=.57

Not High 479 (94%) 224 (47%) 0.57-1.38