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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Allied Health. 2019 Summer;48(2):100–107.

Table 1:

Obesogenic Behaviors, CDI score, Cardio-metabolic risk factor, metabolic syndrome for AI children ages 7–13 years by total sample and sex (n=121)

Total Sample Females (n=73) Males (n=48)
Mean ± SD At-Risk % Mean ± SD At-risk % Mean ± SD At-risk % p-value
Obesogenic Behaviors (daily)
All Sugar-sweetened beverages (kcal intake) 381.9 ± 248.1 100 323.7 ± 207.7 100 470.7 ± 279.0 100 0.002
All Fruit and Vegetable intake frequency (servings) 1.9 ± 0.9 100 1.9 ± 0.9 100 2.1 ± 1.0 100 0.338
All Meal frequency intake 2.4 ± 0.73 2.5 ± 0.7 2.3± 0.8 0.486
Moderate +vigorous physical activity (hours) 0.7 ± 0.5 74.4 0.7 ± 05 74 0.7 ± 0.6 75 0.503
Total screen time per average weekday (hours) 7.2 ± 5.7 83.5 6.5 ± 4.7 79.5 8.5 ± 6.9 89.6 0.079
Total screen time per average weekend day (hours) 7.3 ± 6.1 84.3 6.8 ± 5.4 82.2 8.1 ± 7.0 87.5 0.295
CDI score 0.4 ± 0.3 11.6 0.4 ± 0.3 11 0.4 ± 0.3 12.5 0.812
Body mass index percentile 80.7 ± 24.2 64 80.5 ± 25.7 66 80.9 ± 22.0 60 0.929
Waist circumference percentile 67.5 ± 26.3 60 66.9 ± 26.9 60 68.4 ± 25.6 60 0.744
Body fat percentage 26.8 ± 10.9 - 28.7 ±10.6 - 23.9 ± 11.0 - 0.019
Blood pressure percentile 55.6 ± 14.6 13 54.0 ± 12.5 10 58.2 ± 17.3 19 0.156
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 144.3 ± 27.9 13 140.4 ± 25.8 8 150.2 ± 30.2 21 0.067
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 48.8 ±14.5 57 46.3 ± 13.3 66 52.6 ± 15.4 44 0.023
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 86.8 ± 27.1 8 84.5 ± 26.1 8 93.6 ± 29.8 8 0.303
Triglycerides(mg/dl) 88.7 ± 44.5 17 90.4 ± 47.8 23 83.4 ± 33.5 8 0.536
Post-prandial glucose(mg/dl) 95.3 ± 24.9 1 94.9 ± 31.3 1 95.8 ± 9.0 0 0.806
Fasting blood glucose(mg/dl) 87.0 ± 15.5 7 86.3 ± 17.2 4 88.0± 12.4 10 0.539
HgbA1c~ (%) 5.3 ± 0.9 5 5.4 ± 1.0 5 5.3 ± 0.7 7 0.759
Acanthosis nigricans(+ or −) n/a 30 n/a 37 n/a 19 0.032
Cardio-metabolic risk factor score (range 0–7)* 1.3 ± 1.3 (0–5) n/a 2.2 ± 1.5 (0–4) n/a 2.0 ± 1.8 (0–5) n/a 0.229
Metabolic syndrome risk score (range 0–5)** 1.6 ± 1.1 (0–5) 21 1.6 ± 1.0 23 1.4 ± 1.2 19 0.310
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Does not include incomplete values, to include low or abnormal hemoglobin results (n=112)

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Cardio Metabolic Risk is a continuous sum of risk scores for: blood pressure percentile, waist circumference percentile, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose, acanthosis nigricans

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Metabolic syndrome is categorically defined by having at least three at-risk scores from the following: blood pressure percentile, waist circumference percentile, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose. Pearson’s Chi-square used for categorical analysis such as acanthosis nigricans and metabolic syndrome.

Independent means t-tests used for continuous variables to include: BMI, Waist Circumference, Blood pressure, body fat, lipid and glucose variables.

Body mass index percentile was calculated using height, weight, gender and age in months

Blood pressure percentile was determine via the average of three separate blood pressures and plotted by gender, age and height percentile

Body fat percent was calculated by the Tanita 300 scale

Waist circumference percentile was measured in centimeters at midline and calculated using gender and age

Total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose, HgbA1c was obtained (via fingerstick) after a fast (>8 hours)

Post-prandial glucose was obtained 2 hours after a high carbohydrate, low fat, low fiber meal

Acanthosis nigricans was assessed by a trained medical professional (physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant) and recorded as negative or positive

Depressive Symptoms—Child Depression Inventory (CDI) score is an average of a 27-item continuous score