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Published in final edited form as: Hum Genet. 2013 Jun 5;132(9):10.1007/s00439-013-1315-2. doi: 10.1007/s00439-013-1315-2

Table 4.

Prevalence of MS and its six criterion cardiometabolic components among SAFARI children and adolescents, aged 6 to 17 years old, without diabetes, by BMI percentile category

MS Components	MS prevalence (%) by BMI percentile:
	<85^th		≥85^th –<95^th		≥95^th –<99^th		>99th
	Normal		Overweight		Obese		Severely Obese
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Abdominal obesity	313	1.0	127	18.9	152	74.3	72	98.6
Low HDL cholesterol	288	18.1	123	27.6	146	47.3	66	66.7
Hypertriglyceridemia	288	3.5	123	16.3	146	22.6	66	34.8
Hyperinsulinemia	291	10.7	124	18.5	146	44.5	65	56.9
Glucose intolerance	296	10.8	124	10.5	145	17.9	65	18.5
Elevated blood pressure	317	7.9	128	9.4	152	14.5	73	28.8
MS (≥ 3 MS components)	290	1.4	124	8.9	146	39.7	65	67.7