Table 4. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors by gender.
| Boys | Girls | ||||
| CV risk factors | n | % | n | % | p-value |
| Overweight | 5 | 6.5 | 9 | 7.4 | 0.975 |
| Obese | 9 | 11.7 | 12 | 9.9 | 0.875 |
| Prehypertension | 8 | 10.4 | 12 | 9.9 | 0.893 |
| Hypertension | 4 | 5.2 | 5 | 4.1 | 0.996 |
| Glucose intolerance | 15 | 19.5 | 18 | 14.9 | 0.514 |
| High TC (≥ 170 mg/dl) (≥ 4.4 mmol/l) | 34 | 44.1 | 65 | 53.7 | 0.243 |
| High LDL-C (≥ 110 mg/dl) (≥ 2.85 mmol/l) | 32 | 41.5 | 49 | 40.5 | 0.998 |
| Low HDL-C (< 45 mg/dl) (< 1.17 mmol/l) | 14 | 18.2 | 5 | 4.1 | 0.002 |
| High triglycerides | 22 | 28.6 | 32 | 26.4 | 0.870 |
| FHH | 56 | 72.7 | 77 | 63.6 | 0.241 |
CV: cardiovascular, TC: total cholesterol, LDL-C; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FHH: family history of hypertension.