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Table 1 Pearson correlation coefficients between cardiometabolic risk variables and metabolic syndrome index from childhood (9 year-old) to adolescence (15 year-old) by gender and by country

From: Stability of the factorial structure of metabolic syndrome from childhood to adolescence: a 6-year follow-up study

Variable

Estonia

Sweden

Total

 

Boys (n = 222)

Girls (n = 261)

Boys (n = 130)

Girls (n = 148)

Boys (n = 352)

Girls (n = 409)

Waist

0.683

0.729

0.746

0.602

0.685

0.669

log TG/HDL-c

0.360

0.368

0.472

0.392

0.381

0.375

log insulin

0.221

0.142

0.287

0.202

0.318

0.227

MAP

0.418

0.361

0.410

0.452

0.400

0.398

MS index

0.389

0.399

0.535

0.308

0.431

0.379

  1. The European Youth Heart Study, 1998-2004.
  2. Abbreviations: log TG/HDL: log triglyceride-to-HDL-cholesterol ratio; MAP: mean arterial pressure; MS: metabolic syndrome.