Table 5.
Lipid test results (mean, std dev) by age, sex, race/ethnicity and BMI category among children and adolescents aged 3-19 years old
| Boys (N= 13956) | Girls (N= 15404) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Total cholesterol (mg/dl) N=13965 | HDL-C (mg/dl) N=12090 | non-HDL-C (mg/dl) N=12090 | Triglycerides geometric mean (mg/dl) N=3820 | LDL-C (mg/dl) N=4538 | N (%) | Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) N=15404 | HDL-C (mg/dl) N=13353 | no n-HDL-C (mg/dl) N=13353 | Triglycerides geometric mean (mg/dl) N=4392 | LDL-C (mg/dl) N=5212 | |
| Age Group | ||||||||||||
| 3-5 | 451 (3.2) | 155.1 (29.5) | 51.8 (12.0) | 102.1 (25.4) | 57.9 (45.6) | 88.1 (23.0) | 339 (2.2) | 156.4 (27.0) | 49.7 (0.6) | 108.3 (25.3) | 72.7(34.6) | 100.8 (27.3) |
| 6-8 | 1106 (7.9) | 162.5 (27.9) | 51.4 (10.8) | 110.9 (25.30 | 71.8 (50.2) | 95.5 (22.3) | 897 (5.82) | 163.4 (33.4) | 49.8 (11.3) | 114.0 (32.9) | 83.7 (54.0) | 96.6 (23.3) |
| 9-11 | 2517 (18.0) | 165.0 (31.2) | 49.2 (10.9) | 115.9 (30.1) | 87.4 (68.4) | 96.3 (26.2) | 2008 (13.04) | 160.3 (29.9) | 46.8 (10.3) | 114.3 (29.8) | 103.3 (66.9) | 94.5 (23.8) |
| 12-16 | 5843 (41.9) | 154.9 (30.9) | 44.4 (9.7) | 111.2 (30.5) | 90.2 (65.5) | 92.4 (25.3) | 6387 (41.46) | 156.0 (28.8) | 47.8 (10.2) | 108.4 (28.2) | 89.4 (62.3) | 92.9 (25.1) |
| 17-19 | 4039 (28.9) | 153.6 (31.2) | 44.5 (9.7) | 109.4 (31.2) | 87.0 (65.7) | 91.4 (26.7) | 5773 (37.48) | 162.0 (31.4) | 51.9 (11.7) | 110.6 (29.6) | 81.2 (45.2) | 94.3 (26.6) |
| Race | ||||||||||||
| White | 4964 (35.6) | 154.6 (30.8) | 45.2 (10.1) | 109.7 (30.2) | 85.4 (65.7) | 91.8 (26.5) | 5974 (38.8) | 161.5 (31.2) | 50.2 (11.3) | 111.7 (29.7) | 86.8 (49.1) | 94.6 (26.3) |
| Asian | 1255 (9.0) | 161.2 (32.8) | 48.8 (10.7) | 112.6 (31.4) | 91.4 (58.5) | 93.9 (27.8) | 1008 (6.5) | 160.3 (28.7) | 51.5 (10.7) | 109.9 (28.5) | 89.8 (49.6) | 95.7 (27.5) |
| Black | 1203 (8.6) | 157.3 (30.0) | 48.1 (10.8) | 110.2 (29.0) | 73.7 (45.5) | 96.2 (25.1) | 1521 (9.9) | 156.2 (29.1) | 50.3 (10.8) | 106.4 (28.0) | 66.2 (33.1) | 92.3 (25.0) |
| Hispanic | 2823 (20.2) | 158.2 (31.2) | 45.4 (10.5) | 113.2 (30.1) | 94.9 (68.0) | 93.6 (24.8) | 3044 (19.8) | 157.2 (28.9) | 47.5 (10.7) | 110.2 (28.2) | 92.6 (62.8) | 92.6 (24.0) |
| Other | 193 (1.4) | 158.4 (31.9) | 45.4 (10.4) | 112.7 (33.1) | 97.7 (128.1) | 89.2 (25.7) | 237 (1.5) | 159.5 (30.3) | 48.1 (11.3) | 112.2 (29.6) | 91.6 (45.8) | 97.1 (27.9) |
| Missing | 3518 (25.2) | 157.6 (30.7) | 46.3 (10.3) | 111.4 (30.1) | 87.3 (59.4) | 92.5 (25.3) | 3620 (23.5) | 158.7 (30.8) | 49.1 (11.1) | 110.0 (30.0) | 88.4 (70.3) | 93.6 (25.3) |
| BMI Percentile | ||||||||||||
| < 85th | 5544 (39.7) | 149.0 (28.8) | 48.7 (10.7) | 100.0 (25.8) | 71.0 (43.4) | 86.1 (24.2) | 6860 (44.5) | 158.8 (30.8) | 53.8 (11.3) | 105.8 (29.0) | 77.1 (40.7) | 91.2 (25.5) |
| 85th- <95th | 2057 (14.7) | 156.7 (31.2) | 47.2 (10.9) | 110.1 (30.1) | 86.5 (65.5) | 94.8 (26.8) | 2959 (19.2) | 159.3 (30.6) | 49.1 (10.5) | 110.7 (29.2) | 84.9 (64.4) | 96.1 (27.1) |
| ≥95th | 6355 (45.5) | 164.0 (31.3) | 43.8 (9.5) | 120.1 (30.6) | 105.5 (74.8) | 98.8 (25.8) | 5585 (36.3) | 160.1 (29.6) | 44.9 (9.2) | 115.3 (28.8) | 101.1 (62.7) | 96.5 (24.9) |
Abbreviations: body mass index (BMI), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), standard deviation (std dev)