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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2014 Sep;18(7):1619–1627. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1402-y

Table 6.

Odds Ratios and p-values of effects for the association between metabolic syndrome (MS), its indicators, demographic and exercise factors

Metabolic Syndrome
(MS) or MS Indicator		 Gender Age
Category		 Hours
Played/Week		 Hours Watched
TV/Week		 Urban/Rural Number of
Children
(female) (8–10 yrs) (≤ 2hrs) (≤ 5hrs) (urban)
Referent
MS 1.98(0.37) 4.24(0.09) 2.21(0.28) 2.41(0.24) 0.35(0.43) 0.43(0.03)*
Obesity 2.71(0.01)* 1.03(0.94) 0.93(0.86) 1.08(0.86) 0.42(0.10) 0.68(0.01)*
High Triglycerides 0.74(0.21) 1.57(0.06) 1.06(0.83) 0.77(0.38) 1.78(0.03)* 0.94(0.35)
Low HDLC 1.30(0.40) 1.92(0.04)* 1.17(0.66) 0.93(0.85) 1.76(0.09) 1.01(0.93)
High Glucose 1.80(0.42) 1.83(0.41) 0.24(0.27) 1.33(0.74) 0.26(0.30) 0.85(0.50)
High Blood Pressure 1.87(0.37) 0.72(0.63) 0.85(0.84) 1.08(0.93) 0.80(0.79) 0.88(0.58)
*

Significant association (p<0.05)