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Table II.

Ethnic Group Comparisons of Metabolic Syndrome Components Among NHANES and Miami Samples Stratified by Younger and Older Age Group

	NHANES (N=208)					Miami (N=208)					Sample Comparisons by Age Group
	12–14 y (n=121)		15–18 y (n=87)		P Value	12–14 y (n=121)		15–18 y (n=87)		P Value	12–14 y	15–18 y
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	P Value	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	P Value	P Value	P Value
Black^a male	n=13		n=7			n=13		n=7
PBMI	99.46	0.20	100.00	0.27	.113	99.69	0.27	100.00	0.2673	.359	.411	1.000
SBP, mm Hg	116.46	3.20	128.50	4.33	.034	130.00	4.33	135.00	4.3325	.405	.014	.299
DBP, mm Hg	66.36	3.32	67.33	4.50	.864	75.43	4.50	78.50	4.4958	.620	.101	.091
Glucose, mg/dL	96.46	3.06	98.34	3.27	.678	87.73	3.87	83.60	3.8657	.384	.039	.007
HDL, mg/dL	46.33	2.55	41.14	3.34	.227	54.14	3.95	43.80	3.947	.056	.074	.611
Triglycerides, mg/dL	110.00	20.12	109.86	21.51	.996	116.57	25.45	62.20	25.452	.116	.825	.166
Black^a female	n=18		n=17			n=18		n=17
PBMI	99.67	0.12	99.35	0.12	.070	99.89	0.12	99.77	0.1221	.468	.190	.020
SBP, mm Hg	107.67	3.45	115.42	3.45	.120	124.33	3.78	124.60	3.7836	.959	.001	.080
DBP, mm Hg	63.17	2.49	67.08	2.49	.273	70.33	2.73	77.70	2.7314	.053	.048	.006
Glucose, mg/dL	92.65	8.92	89.69	8.92	.815	87.53	8.30	99.60	8.3011	.294	.667	.419
HDL, mg/dL	47.83	2.49	48.71	2.56	.808	43.63	2.73	48.79	2.7288	.179	.251	.981
Triglycerides, mg/dL	79.23	19.24	84.31	19.24	.853	131.24	17.34	92.31	17.341	.113	.047	.758
Hispanic^b male	n=53		n=25			n=53		n=25
PBMI	98.53	0.17	99.12	0.24	.044	99.30	0.24	99.24	0.2404	.832	.001	.725
SBP, mm Hg	114.72	1.65	120.67	2.29	.037	122.61	2.39	134.05	2.39	.000	.002	<.001
DBP, mm Hg	58.89	1.56	62.79	2.14	.143	71.69	2.23	76.73	2.2346	.078	<.001	<.001
Glucose, mg/dL	98.47	1.86	98.55	2.63	.981	84.86	2.54	87.00	2.5434	.471	<.001	.002
HDL, mg/dL	41.45	1.30	44.42	1.86	.194	40.26	2.36	40.99	2.3551	.791	.538	.256
Triglycerides, mg/dL	123.56	16.08	184.50	22.33	.029	146.02	21.57	144.40	21.5706	.949	.278	.200
Hispanic^b female	n=37		n=38			n=37		n=38
PBMI	98.57	0.25	98.53	0.24	.906	98.92	0.24	99.42	0.2441	.151	.317	.011
SBP, mm Hg	112.53	1.83	114.70	1.94	.417	116.61	2.22	123.61	2.2194	.021	.136	.003
DBP, mm Hg	61.41	1.55	62.97	1.65	.493	72.00	1.88	76.78	1.8833	.063	<.001	<.001
Glucose, mg/dL	92.32	1.89	90.61	2.59	.596	84.00	1.67	85.75	1.6688	.477	.002	.117
HDL, mg/dL	42.66	1.46	43.27	1.42	.764	42.46	1.50	42.85	1.5047	.867	.931	.839
Triglycerides, mg/dL	145.11	15.65	129.93	21.39	.568	118.24	14.64	109.84	14.6432	.705	.241	.440

Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; PBMI, body mass index percentile; SBP, systolic blood pressure. ^aNational (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [NHANES]) sample non‐Hispanic black=African American/not of Caribbean decent; Miami sample non‐Hispanic black=self‐identified Caribbean black. ^bNational (NHANES) sample Hispanic=Mexican American, Miami sample Hispanic=self‐identified Latin, of South or Central American origin, or Cuban, Puerto Rican, or Dominican.