Table 3.
Frequency of adolescents’ cardiometabolic risk factors according to smoking status
| Passive smoker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | P value | |
| Overweight | 673(8.95) | 577(10.03) | 0.04 |
| General obesity | 887(11.79) | 632(10.98) | 0.15 |
| Abdominal obesity | 1584(21.07) | 1178(20.53) | 0.44 |
| Elevated LDL-C | 363(17.72) | 265(17.02) | 0.62 |
| Elevated TC | 100(4.88) | 75(4.84) | 0.95 |
| Elevated TG | 555(27.09) | 455(29.34) | 0.14 |
| Low HDL-C | 600(29.28) | 474(30.56) | 0.41 |
| Elevated FBG | 76(3.71) | 74(4.77) | 0.11 |
| Elevated BP | 846(11.38) | 676(11.85) | 0.41 |
| MetS (+) | 84(4.22) | 96(6.34) | 0.005 |
| No. of MetS components: | 0.04 | ||
|
0 1 2 3 4 |
786(39.50) 727(36.53) 393(19.75) 79(3.97) 5(0.25) |
563(37.16) 539(35.58) 317(20.92) 87(5.74) 9(0.59) |
|
P < 0.05 = significance. HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; BP, blood pressure; MetS: metabolic syndrome. Cardiometabolic risk factors were defined according to the Adult Treatment Panel III criteria modified for children and adolescentss, as follows: overweight, body mass index BMI age- and sex-specific 85–95th percentile; general obesity, BMI higher than age- and sex-specific 95th percentile; abdominal obesity, waist–to-height ratio > 0.5; low HDL-C, <50 mg/dl (except in 15–19-year-old boys in whom the cut-off was <45 mg/dl); elevated LDL-C, >110 mg/dl; elevated TG, >100 mg/dl; elevated TC, >200 mg/dl; elevated FBG, >100 mg/dl; elevated BP, >95th (adjusted for age, sex and height)