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Table 2 Ranking countries for most adverse cardiometabolic risk factor profile

From: Cardiometabolic risk variables in overweight and obese children: a worldwide comparison

Country (ref)

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

Mean glucose

rank

Mean triglyceride

rank

Mean

HDL-cholesterol

rank

Mean

systolic blood

pressure rank

Total

cardiometabolic risk rank

Hungary [42]

31.1

13

2

8

1

1

Dutch-Turkish [34]

29.3

2

13

1

9

2

Turkey1 [38]

27.2

1

1

9

15

3

Italy2 [42]

26.8

8

4

2

10

4

Greece [42]

30.1

4

4

18

3

5

Germany [19]

27.1

10

3

14

6

6

Poland [42]

30.8

13

8

9

4

7

Dutch-Other [34]

29.1

5

14

6

10

8

USA rural [39]

27.6

7

10

4

15

9

USA black [18]

33.2

19

12

4

4

10

Japan [17]

25.7

7

6

20

8

11

Dutch-native [34]

28.7

6

16

9

10

11

Turkey2 [20]

29.1

7

7

18

10

13

Spain [37]

27.3

11

21

9

-

13-19

Dutch-Moroccan

28.4

2

19

7

15

14

France [36]

37.7

20

8

9

6

14

Dominican Republic [40]

34

13

11

2

18

16

Italy1 [27]

33.9

20

17

9

2

17

China [41]

-

13

17

16

-

17-19

Norway [33]

28.2

13

14

16

14

18

Belgium [16]

30.2

13

20

15

-

18-19

  1. Ranking was performed according from highest to lowest mean value for each cardiometabolic risk parameter (lowest to highest in case of HDL-cholesterol). Secondly, an overall mean rank was assigned to each cohort