Table 2 |
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Prevalence of risk factors for the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in a nationally representative sample of children (in percent) |
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Criteria |
Group a |
Group b |
Group c |
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(n = 3,467) |
(n = 1,064) |
(n = 641) |
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Blood Triglycerides |
≥ 110 mg/dL |
8% |
18% |
36% |
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High Density Lipoprotein |
≤ 40 mg/dL |
20% |
16% |
39% |
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Abdominal Obesity |
≥ 90th %tile waist circumferencea |
18% |
1% |
41% |
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Hyperglycemia |
Fasting Glucose ≥ 100b mg/dL |
N/A |
10% |
16% |
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Blood pressure Systolic Diastolic |
≥ 90th %tilea or ≥ 90th %tilea |
6% |
5% |
12% |
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Metabolic Syndrome |
Meets ≥ 3 of the 5 criteria |
2% |
0.7% |
23% |
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a for age, sex and height, b cut-point updated to reflect the most current recommendation [10], c using IOTF guidelines |
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Kranz et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:38 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-38 |
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