Table 3.
Prevalence of individual metabolic abnormalitiesa by sex
| Boys (n = 308) | Girls (n = 288) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal WC | High WC | Normal WC | High WC | ||
| n = 279 | n = 27 | n = 225 | n = 63 | ||
| Low HDL (< 1.03 mmol/L) | 14 (5.0) | 13 (48.1) | 39 (17.3) | 24 (38.1) | 0.825 |
| High Blood Pressure | |||||
| SBP (≥130 mmHg) | 16 (5.7) | 11 (40.7) | 56 (24.9) | 7 (11.1) | 0.013 |
| DBP (≥ 85 mmHg) | 20 (7.2) | 7 (25.9) | 59 (26.2) | 4 (6.3) | 0.571 |
| High Fasting Glucose (≥5.6 mmol/L) | 22 (7.9) | 5 (18.5) | 53 (23.6) | 10 (15.9) | 0.599 |
| High Triglycerides (≥ 1.7 mmol/L) | 23 (8.2) | 4 (14.8) | 61 (21.2) | 2 (3.2) | 0.066 |
aAs defined by the IDF criteria for the identification of MetS
WC waist circumference, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure
Values are reported as frequencies (percentages): n (%)
N.B some categories do not add up to 100%. This is due to missing data
T-tests were performed to detect differences between boys and girls in each of the listed MetS components