Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and prevalence of risk factors stratified by grade and gender

	6th Grade				8th Grade
	Male		Female		Male		Female
Descriptive Statistics	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev
BMI Z-score#	0.99	0.93	0.86	0.90	0.89	0.91	0.87	0.84
WC Z-score	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00
WC (cm)$	61.42	28.73	64.60	25.45	59.24	32.89	66.23	28.70
Triglycerides (mg/dl)*	87.71	51.95	90.15	53.28	85.15	54.12	80.89	38.33
HDL-C (mg/dl)*	52.92	12.34	52.19	12.06	49.39	11.83	53.31	12.49
LDL-C (mg/dl)$	88.76	23.72	85.73	22.68	79.07	22.83	81.59	22.22
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm.Hg)$	108.00	10.29	106.77	9.98	114.36	10.47	108.03	9.57
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm.Hg)*	63.74	8.82	63.82	8.62	64.03	8.05	65.22	7.82
Glucose (mg/dl)$	94.43	6.60	92.69	6.63	95.88	7.84	92.13	8.22
Insulin (μU/dL)#	12.22	12.23	14.18	10.76	16.72	15.93	17.58	12.73
HBA1C(%)*	5.15	0.31	5.13	0.29	5.17	0.35	5.11	0.32

	6th Grade		8th Grade
	% At Risk (n)		% At Risk (n)
Prevalence (% At Risk, n)	Male	Female	Male	Female
Triglycerides >=150 mg/dl*	9.66 (204)	9.55 (225)	8.62 (183)	5.38 (128)
HDL-C <40 mg/dl*	12.84 (271)	13.41 (316)	19.59 (416)	12.37 (294)
LDL-C ≥ 130 mg/dL	5.16 (109)	3.65 (86)	2.45 (52)	2.61 (62)
Systolic Blood Pressure >=130 mm.Hg*	2.30 (50)	1.86 (45)	6.81 (148)	1.57 (38)
Diastolic Blood Pressure>=85 mm.Hg	1.89 (41)	1.86 (45)	1.38 (30)	1.20 (29)
Glucose >= 100 mg/dl$	19.28 (407)	13.11 (309)	29.96 (636)	14.89 354)

^#Gender difference at 6^th Grade (p<.01)

^*Gender difference at 8^th Grade (p<0.01)

^$Gender difference at 6^th Grade and 8^th Grade (p<0.01)