Table 1.
Proportions (standard errors) of each individual cardiovascular health metric according to sex in urban Chinese children and adolescents aged 6–18 years in 2013–2015.
| Overall | Sex |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||
| Smoking status | (n = 12,618) | (n = 6394) | (n = 6224) | |
| Poor (Tried prior 30 d) | 9.3 (0.3) | 13.7 (0.6) | 4.6 (0.3) | <.001 |
| Ideal (Never tried) | 90.7 (0.9) | 86.3 (1.2) | 95.4 (1.3) | |
| Body mass index | (n = 12,460) | (n = 6301) | (n = 6159) | |
| Poor (>95th percentile) | 9.9 (0.3) | 14.3 (0.5) | 5.0 (0.3) | <.001 |
| Intermediate (85–95th percentile) | 13.8 (0.3) | 14.4 (0.5) | 11.0 (0.4) | |
| Ideal (<85th percentile) | 77.3 (0.8) | 71.3 (1.2) | 84.0 (1.2) | |
| Physical activitya | (n = 7955) | (n = 4235) | (n = 3720) | |
| Poor | 5.2 (0.3) | 4.7 (0.4) | 5.7 (0.4) | <.001 |
| Intermediate | 78.2 (1.0) | 74.6 (1.4) | 82.2 (1.6) | |
| Ideal | 16.6 (0.5) | 20.7 (0.7) | 12.2 (0.6) | |
| Healthy Diet Score | (n = 10,449) | (n = 5298) | (n = 5151) | |
| Poor | 19.1 (0.5) | 18.7 (0.6) | 19.5 (0.7) | <.001 |
| Intermediate | 72.2 (0.9) | 72.2 (1.2) | 72.2 (1.2) | |
| Ideal | 8.7 (0.3) | 9.1 (0.4) | 8.3 (0.4) | |
| Total cholesterol | (n = 12,602) | (n = 6385) | (n = 6217) | |
| Poor (≥200 mg/dL) | 4.1 (0.2) | 3.8 (0.2) | 4.4 (0.3) | <.001 |
| Intermediate (170–199 mg/dL) | 15.2 (0.4) | 13.5 (0.5) | 17.0 (0.5) | |
| Ideal (<170 mg/dL) | 80.7 (0.9) | 82.7 (1.2) | 78.6 (1.2) | |
| Blood pressure | (n = 12,057) | (n = 6125) | (n = 5932) | |
| Poor (>95th percentile) | 11.1 (0.3) | 12.7 (0.5) | 9.4 (0.4) | <.001 |
| Intermediate (90–95th percentile) | 19.6 (0.5) | 26.0 (0.8) | 12.8 (0.5) | |
| Ideal (<90th percentile) | 69.3 (0.8) | 61.3 (1.0) | 77.8 (1.2) | |
| Fasting blood glucose | (n = 12,588) | (n = 6380) | (n = 6208) | |
| Poor (≥126 mg/dL) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) | <.001 |
| Intermediate (100–125 mg/dL) | 22.9 (0.4) | 26.2 (0.7) | 19.1 (0.6) | |
| Ideal (<100 mg/dL) | 76.5 (0.8) | 73.1 (1.2) | 80.2 (1.2) | |
Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding. aPhysical activity was categorized as poor (no activity), intermediate (1–59 min/week moderate or vigorous activity every day), and ideal (≥60 min/week moderate or vigorous activity every day).