Table 5. Multiple salivary biomarkers and subject characteristics as predictors for cmetS-Z and cmetS-PCA in a randomly selected cohort (n = 726), stratified by WHO obesity status.
| cmetS-Z | cmetS-PCA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (95% CI) | p value | Estimate (95% CI) | p value | |
| Underweight and normal-weight children (n = 312) | ||||
| Age (per year) | 0.15 (-0.15–0.45) | 0.33 | 0.30 (0.15–0.45) | 0.0001 |
| CRP (per SD) | -0.04 (-0.23–0.16) | 0.72 | 0.009 (-0.09–0.11) | 0.86 |
| Insulin (per SD) | 0.11 (-0.35–0.59) | 0.64 | 0.13 (-0.11–0.37) | 0.29 |
| Adiponectin (per SD) | -0.21 (-0.37–-0.05) | 0.01 | -0.02 (-0.11–0.06) | 0.57 |
| Leptin (per SD) | NA | NA | -0.03 (-0.15–0.23) | 0.62 |
| Fitness (poor vs. good)* | 0.02 (-0.35–0.40) | 0.90 | 0.04 (-0.15–0.23) | 0.71 |
| Overweight and obese children (n = 414) | ||||
| Age (per year) | 0.28 (-0.03–0.59) | 0.08 | 0.36 (0.23–0.49) | <0.0001 |
| CRP (per SD) | 0.28 (0.07–0.48) | 0.01 | 0.18 (0.10–0.27) | <0.0001 |
| Insulin (per SD) | 0.48 (0.32–0.65) | <0.0001 | 0.19 (0.12–0.26) | <0.0001 |
| Adiponectin (per SD) | -0.47 (-0.71–-0.22) | 0.0002 | -0.14 (-0.25–-0.04) | 0.007 |
| Leptin (per SD) | NA | NA | 0.04 (-0.03–0.12) | 0.28 |
| Fitness (poor vs. good) | 0.36 (-0.04–0.76) | 0.07 | 0.25 (0.09–0.42) | 0.003 |
*poor is defined as having values above the median, and good as having values below the median.