TABLE 4. Relationship between metabolic syndrome risk factors and socioeconomic status, fasting sub-sample ages 10–18 years^a.

Condition	Presence of ≥ 1 risk factor(s)	Abdominal obesity	Low HDL-C
	% (95% CI) CV	% (95% CI) CV	% (95% CI) CV
Income Adequacy (50 missing)
Lowest and lower middle	35.9 (25.9–46.0) 0.14	21.4 (11.8–30.9) 0.22b	19.4 (12.7–26.1) 0.17b
Upper middle	41.8 (34.4–49.3) 0.09	28.1 (19.7–36.6) 0.15	20.2 (15.2–25.2) 0.12
Highest	35.5 (29.8–41.2) 0.08	18.4 (11.7–25.1) 0.17b	17.5 (14.2–20.6) 0.09
Household education (35 missing)
Secondary school graduation or less	43.7 (29.4–58.0) 0.16	31.8 (17.6–46.1) 0.22b	19.3 (6.9–31.7) 0.31b
Some postsecondary	42.8 (32.4–53.2) 0.12	28.3 (13.7–42.9) 0.25b	26.1 (15.1–37.3) 0.21b
Postsecondary graduation	35.3 (31.0–39.6) 0.06	19.8 (14.6–25.0) 0.13	17.5 (14.8–20.2) 0.08

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SES, socioeconomic status.

Note: Small cell sizes prohibited further analysis of BP, glucose and triglyceride risk factors and Aboriginal and immigrant status SES factors.

^aThese figures are based on weighted data.

^bThese figures are being published with reservation as 0.16 ≤ CV ≥ 0.33.