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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 VI.

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

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

BMI (≥85th CDC 2000 age-gender specific percentile as high)
High 147 (30%) 118 (80%) 1.23 35% 80% 80% 35% Χ2=10.93, p=.0009

Not High 340 (70%) 222 (65%) 1.10-1.37

TG (≥110 mg/dl as high)
High 100 (20%) 71 (71%) 1.02 20% 81% 71% 31% Χ2=0.094, p=.76

Not high 399 (80%) 277 (69%) 0.89-1.18

HDLC (≤50 F, ≤40 M as low)
Low 170 (35%) 127 (75%) 1.11 50% 61% 75% 35% Χ2=5.48, p=.019

Not Low 319 (65%) 214 (67%) 0.99-1.25

LDLC (≥110 mg/dl as high)
High 228 (47%) 171 (75%) 1.15 50% 61% 75% 35% Χ2=5.48, p=.019

Not high 262 (53%) 171 (65%) 1.02-1.29

BP (≥90th age-height specific percentile as high)
High 60 (14%) 49 (82%) 1.22 16% 92% 82% 33% Χ2=5.14, p=.023

Not high 377 (86%) 253 (67%) 1.06-1.40

Glucose (≥100 mg/dl as high)
High 28 (6%) 18 (64%) 0.92 5% 93% 64% 30% Χ2=0.42, p=.52

Not High 461 (94%) 323 (70%) 0.69-1.22