Table 2.
Correlations Of Risk Factor Values Within Parent-Child Dyads
| Variable | All Children | Children Age 6–9 | Children Age 10–18 | Age Int | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No BMI Adjustment | Adjusted For BMI | No BMI Adjustment | Adjusted For BMI | No BMI Adjustment | Adjusted For BMI | ||||||||
| r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | P | |
| Adiposity | |||||||||||||
| BMI | 0.28 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.25 | 0.045 | -- | -- | 0.34 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.10 |
| BMI percentile | 0.34 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.30 | 0.03 | -- | -- | 0.34 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.57 |
| Waist | 0.22 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.14 | 0.19 | -- | -- | 0.31 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.05 |
| Subcutaneous Fat | 0.30 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.22 | 0.08 | -- | -- | 0.33 | <0.001 | -- | -- | 0.11 |
| Visceral Fat | 0.20 | 0.003 | -- | -- | 0.06 | 0.62 | -- | -- | 0.27 | 0.002 | -- | -- | 0.02 |
| BP | |||||||||||||
| Systolic BP | 0.20 | 0.002 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.24 |
| Diastolic BP | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.93 | 0.02 | 0.91 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.72 |
| Lipids | |||||||||||||
| Total cholesterol | 0.39 | <0.001 | 0.39 | <0.001 | 0.45 | 0.007 | 0.46 | 0.009 | 0.37 | <0.001 | 0.37 | <0.001 | 0.78 |
| LDL-C | 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.34 | <0.001 | 0.33 | <0.001 | 0.65 |
| HDL-C | 0.26 | <0.001 | 0.36 | <0.001 | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.001 | 0.98 |
| Triglycerides | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.003 | 0.11 | 0.42 | 0.12 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.009 | 0.27 |
| Glucose Metabolism | |||||||||||||
| Glucose | −0.01 | 0.90 | −0.02 | 0.68 | −0.06 | 0.65 | −0.17 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.77 | 0.04 | 0.66 | 0.36 |
| Insulin | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.48 |
| Insulin Sensitivity, Mlbm | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.003 | -- |
| Cluster Score (CS5) | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.007 | 0.13 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.69 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.005 | 0.37 |
N=245 for LDL-C, n=149 for Insulin Sensitivity, n=255 for all others. All comparisons are adjusted for parent and child age, race and sex. BMI-adjusted correlations were adjusted for both parent and child BMI. Int = Interaction; r = Pearson Partial correlation coefficient.