Table 4.
Metabolic syndrome components among Chinese children (%)
| N | MetS components | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥ 1 | ≥ 2 | ≥ 3 | ||
| Children ≥ 10 years old | ||||
| Total | 2,647 | 25.0 | 5.4 | 0.9 |
| aSex | ||||
| Boy | 1,394 | 26.1 | 6.7* | 1.0 |
| Girl | 1,253 | 23.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 |
| abBMI status | ||||
| Normal weight | 2,044 | 11.6** | 0.9** | 0.1** |
| Overweight | 330 | 50.0 | 9.4 | 1.2 |
| Obesity | 273 | 95.2 | 33.7 | 6.6 |
| abMother's educational level | ||||
| Low (illiterate) | 28 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 3.6 |
| Middle (Primary or Junior middle school) | 1,138 | 22.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 |
| High (Senior middle school or above) | 1,111 | 26.6 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| abFamily's economic level | ||||
| (Yuan/Month/per family member) | ||||
| ≤ 1,500 | 1,042 | 24.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| 1,501-2,500 | 617 | 24.0 | 5.8 | 1.3 |
| > 2,500 | 610 | 24.9 | 5.4 | 0.8 |
| Children < 10 years old | ||||
| Total | 6,117 | 20.7 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| aSex | ||||
| Boy | 3,101 | 21.5 | 3.9* | 0.5 |
| Girl | 3,016 | 19.9 | 3.2 | 0.5 |
| abBMI status | ||||
| Normal weight | 4,813 | 9.6** | 0.9** | 0.04** |
| Overweight | 675 | 36.6 | 5.3 | 0.6 |
| Obesity | 629 | 88.7 | 21.8 | 4.0 |
| abMother's educational level | ||||
| Low (illiterate) | 52 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Middle (Primary or Junior middle school) | 1,854 | 20.2 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| High (Senior middle school or above) | 2,276 | 22.8 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| abFamily's economic level | ||||
| (Yuan/Month/per family member) | ||||
| ≤ 1,500 | 1,808 | 22.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| 1,501-2,500 | 1,145 | 20.5 | 3.8 | 0.7 |
| > 2,500 | 1,171 | 22.2 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, compared using generalized linear mixed model
aAdjusted for age and puberty for comparison of different groups
bAdjusted for sex and puberty for comparison of different groups
abAdjusted for age, sex and puberty for comparison of different groups