Table 2.
Prevalence of individual Metabolic Syndrome risk factors among female adolescents aged 12–19 years.
| Variables | Elevated WC n (%) |
p | Elevated BP n (%) |
p | High FPG n (%) |
p | High TG n (%) |
p | Low HDL n (%) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 172) | 74 (43.02%) | 25 (14.53%) | 85 (49.41%) | 9 (5.23%) | 17 (9.88%) | |||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| 12–15 (n = 88) | 37 (42.00%) | 0.791 | 12 (13.64%) | 0.732 | 45 (51.14%) | 0.645 | 5 (5.68%) | 0.787 | 8 (9.09%) | 0.721 |
| 16–19 (n = 84) | 37 (44.04%) | 13 (15.48%) | 40 (47.62%) | 4 (4.76%) | 9 (10.71%) | |||||
| BMI | ||||||||||
| Normal (n = 125) | 34 (27.20%) * | 0.000 | 15 (12.00%) * | 0.046 | 62 (49.60%) | 0.757 | 7 (5.60%) | 0.968 | 9 (7.20%) * | 0.015 |
| Underweight (n = 3) | 1 (33.33%) | 0 (0.00%) | 2 (66.67%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | |||||
| Overweight (n = 24) | 21 (87.50%) * | 3 (12.50%) | 10 (41.67%) | 1 (4.16%) | 2 (8.33%) | |||||
| Obese (n = 20) | 18 (90.00%) * | 7 (35.00%) * | 11 (55.00%) | 1 (5.00%) | 6 (20.00%) * |
All data are presented by frequency and percentage. * Post hoc test for differences in proportions between groups were significant. The p-values of the post hoc comparisons for BMI were Bonferroni-adjusted. WC waist circumference, BP blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TG triglycerides, HDL high density lipoprotein, BMI body mass index.