Table 3.
Children's metabolic syndrome risk factors according to the cutoff points by sex and study visit.
| Indicators | Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 72 | Stage 96 | Stage 72 | Stage 96 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Glucose, ≥100 mg/dl | 25 (9.4) | 26 (10.1) | 18 (6.9) | 15 (6.0) |
| HbA1C, ≥5.7% | 32 (12.5) | 17 (6.6) | 27 (10.8) | 23 (9.2) |
| Total cholesterol, >170 mg/dl | 65 (24.9) | 78 (30.6) | 98 (38.7) | 76 (30.6) |
| Triglycerides, >75 or >90 mg/dl | 104 (39.7) | 96 (37.9) | 134 (51.7) | 120 (48.6) |
| cHDL, <45 mg/dl | 74 (27.9) | 78 (30.1) | 83 (31.9) | 109 (43.6) |
| cLDL, >110 mg/dl | 36 (13.6) | 44 (17.0) | 58 (22.3) | 48 (19.3) |
| Body fat percentage, >80th percentile | 27 (9.7) | 27 (9.8) | 27 (10.0) | 26 (9.8) |
| Waist circumference, >80th percentile | 61 (19.8) | 55 (20.0) | 58 (19.8) | 53 (20.0) |
| BMI for age, z-scores | ||||
| Underweight, less than−2 SD | 7 (2.3) | 4 (1.4) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (1.1) |
| Normal, greater than −2 to less than +1 SD | 214 (69.7) | 140 (50.9) | 212 (72.4) | 147 (55.5) |
| Overweight, greater than +1 SD | 46 (15.0) | 58 (21.1) | 50 (17.1) | 68 (25.7) |
| Obesity, greater than +2 SD | 40 (13.0) | 73 (26.6) | 30 (10.2) | 47 (17.7) |
| Systolic blood pressure, >90th percentile | 27 (9.4) | 25 (9.4) | 26 (9.6) | 23 (9.1) |
| Diastolic blood pressure, >90th percentile | 27 (9.4) | 26 (9.8) | 27 (9.9) | 25 (9.9) |
cHDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; cLDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.