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Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Nov 1;166(11):1030–1036. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1263

Table 3.

Prevalence of MetS components by sex and BMI percentile group (n=1185).

MetS Component	Healthy Weight	Overweight	Obese	P Value
High Blood Pressure, %	11.8	25.6	30.3	<0.001
High Triglycerides, %	6.7	13.2	23.3	<0.001
Low HDL, %	13.2	23.8	38.9	<0.001
Central Adiposity, %	2.2	23.8	72.6	<0.001
Insulin Resistance, %	4.5	12.4	37.8	<0.001
IFG, %	0.6	0.3	2.0	0.030