Table 3.
Summary of biochemical markers of cardiometabolic risk (Mean [SD] and (Median (mad)] by age and gender. All results are in mmol/L..
| Age group (n, %) | 6 to 8 Y 518 (24.1) |
9–11 Y 721 (33.6) |
12 14 Y 609 (28.3) |
15–17 Y 301 (14.0) |
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| Gender (n, %) | Male 268 (51.7) |
Female 250 (48.3) |
P | Male 383 (53.1) |
Female 338 (46.9) |
P | Male 334 (54.8) |
Female 275 (45.2) |
P | Male 153 (50.8) |
Female 148 (49.2) |
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| Total cholesterol | 3.95 (0.76) | 4.37 (0.84) | .001a | 4.14 (0.67) | 4.15 (1.12) | .860 | 3.90 (0.69) | 4.01 (0.71) | .197 | 3.84 (1.13) | 4.06 (0.64) | .032a |
| (3.98 [0.71]) | (4.28 [0.64]) | (4.1 [0.61]) | (4.13 [0.67]) | (3.88 [0.60]) | (4.01 [0.59]) | (3.69 [0.62]) | (4.02 [0.59]) | |||||
| HDL cholesterol | 1.33 (0.29) | 1.39 (0.27) | .145 | 1.36 (0.27) | 1.34 (0.29) | .641 | 1.24 (0.24) | 1.27 (0.25) | .429 | 1.13 (0.18) | 1.33 (0.24) | .004a |
| (1.33 [0.25]) | (1.37 [0.28]) | (1.32 [0.27]) | (1.33 [0.24]) | (1.19 [0.24]) | (1.28 [0.25]) | (1.13 [0.18]) | (1.30 [0.22]) | |||||
| LDL cholesterol | 2.34 (0.63) | 2.66 (0.79) | .001a | 2.44 (0.60) | 2.46 (0.98) | .798 | 2.29 (0.59) | 2.40 (0.61) | .039a | 2.30 (1.04) | 2.38 (0.56) | .089 |
| (2.3 [0.55]) | (2.58 (0.54)) | (2.41 [0.55]) | (2.42 [0.57]) | (2.24 [0.53]) | (2.39 [0.55]) | (2.16 [0.55]) | (2.33 [0.50]) | |||||
| Triglycerides | 0.62 (0.34) | 0.76 (0.36) | .003a | 0.71 (0.35) | 0.81 (0.38) | .009a | 0.79 (0.40) | 0.78 (0.28) | .418 | 0.95 (0.50) | 0.74 (0.29) | .025a |
| (0.56 [0.22]) | (0.66 [0.22]) | (0.62 [0.25]) | (0.72 [0.25]) | (0.70 [0.28]) | (0.74 [0.24]) | (0.81 [0.33]) | (0.66 [0.19]) | |||||
| Fasting blood glucose | 4.27 (0.56) | 4.29 (0.40) | .823 | 4.55 (0.41) | 4.50 (0.67) | .608 | 4.62 (0.42) | 4.54 (0.65) | .007a | 4.71 (0.48) | 4.50 (0.57) | .215 |
| (4.30 [0.44]) | (4.3 [0.30]) | (4.6 [0.44]) | (4.5 [0.44]) | (4.60 [0.30]) | (4.6 [0.44]) | (4.7 [0.44]) | (4.5 [0.44]) | |||||
| Triglycerides to HDL-c ratio | 0.50 (0.30) | 0.58 (0.36) | .041a | 0.57 (0.39) | 0.65 (0.38) | .030a | 0.68 (0.44) | 0.65 (0.32) | .049a | 0.89 (0.56) | 0.58 (0.30) | .018a |
| (0.42 [0.19]) | (0.46 [0.22]) | (0.47 [0.24]) | (0.55 [0.24]) | (0.59 [0.26]) | (0.59 [0.26]) | (0.74 [0.39]) | (0.50 [0.21]) | |||||
| HDL-c to LDL-c ratio | 0.60 (0.24) | 0.56 (0.18) | .025a | 0.59 (0.21) | .59 (0.21) | .830 | 0.58 (0.21) | 0.56 (0.16) | .203 | 0.54 (0.17) | 0.59 (0.19) | .027a |
| (0.57 [0.16]) | (0.54 [0.15]) | (0.56 [0.18]) | (0.56 [0.17]) | (0.54 [0.18]) | (0.55 [0.15]) | (0.51 [0.18]) | (0.57 [0.15]) | |||||
SD: Standard deviation, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
a
Statistically significant differences.