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Table 4.

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval, CI) of having an adverse level^a of a risk factor for each quartile increase of relative muscle mass among youth, aged 8–20 years, controlling for age group, sex, and race/ethnicity; NHANES 1999–2004.

Adverse level of CVD/DM risk factor	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p value for trend
DBP	0.97 (0.89, 1.05)	0.450
SBP	0.68 (0.64, 0.74)	<0.001
CRP	0.39 (0.36, 0.43)	<0.001
TC	0.74 (0.70, 0.79)	<0.001
HDL-C	0.55 (0.49, 0.61)	<0.001
LDL-C^b	0.67 (0.61, 0.75)	<0.001
Triglycerides^b	0.56 (0.49, 0.64)	<0.001
Glucose^b	0.93 (0.80, 1.07)	0.294
Insulin^b	0.32 (0.26, 0.40)	<0.001

See list of abbreviations in footnote to Table 1.

Adverse level of a risk factor is defined as being in the upper quartile (lowest quartile for HDL-C) of the age group and sex specific distribution of the risk factor.

Fasting subsample.