Table 4.
prevalence of dyslipidemia among school-going urban Ghanaian children aged 9–15 years, classified by weight status
| Type of dyslipidemiaa, b | Normal-weight (n = 409) |
Overweight/obese (n = 393) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | ||
| High total cholesterol | |||||
| Boys | 17 | 11.2 | 20 | 15.6 | 0.067 |
| Girls | 24 | 9.3 | 36 | 13.4 | |
| High LDL cholesterol | |||||
| Boys | 12 | 7.9 | 16 | 12.5 | 0.042 |
| Girls | 17 | 6.7 | 28 | 10.7 | |
| Low HDL cholesterol | |||||
| Boys | 38 | 25.0 | 46 | 35.9 | < 0.001 |
| Girls | 55 | 21.4 | 89 | 33.6 | |
| High TC/HDL cholesterol ratio | |||||
| Boys | 4 | 2.6 | 14 | 10.9 | 0.002 |
| Girls | 12 | 4.7 | 23 | 8.7 | |
| High triglycerides | |||||
| Boys | 7 | 4.6 | 10 | 7.8 | 0.030 |
| Girls | 5 | 1.9 | 12 | 5.3 | |
aBased on US National Cholesterol Education Program 2001 Guidelines: Total cholesterol > 200 mg/dl, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol > 130 mg/dl, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤40 mg/dl, triglycerides > 150 mg/dl
bTC/HDL-C ratio cut-off value for borderline to high risk, Kocaoglu et al. [13]: Total cholesterol/HDL-C ratio ≥ 4.5