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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Low sensitivity of the metabolic syndrome to identify adolescents with impaired glucose tolerance: an analysis of NHANES 1999–2010

 

Overall

Normal glucose tolerance

Impaired glucose tolerance

p-value*

N

1513

1441

72

 

Mean (95% CI) Age

15.55 (15.38, 15.71)

15.60 (15.43, 15.76)

14.47 (13.75, 15.20)

0.0030

Percent (95% CI) Male

49.94 (45.06, 54.82)

50.33 (45.22, 55.44)

41.98 (22.68, 61.28)

0.4146

Mean (95% CI) BMI

23.87 (23.39, 24.34)

23.80 (23.34, 24.25)

25.35 (22.47, 28.24)

0.2797

Mean (95% CI) BMI Z-score

0.66 (0.57, 0.74)

0.65 (0.57, 0.73)

0.93 (0.37, 1.49)

0.3062

Percent (95% CI) with ATP-III MetS

7.92 (5.77, 10.06)

7.14 (5.00, 9.29)

23.74 (8.75, 38.73)

0.0009

MetS Components

    

  Waist Circumference

    

   Mean (95% CI)

82.21 (80.91, 83.50)

82.00 (80.72, 83.28)

86.45 (78.86, 94.05)

0.2486

   Percent (95% CI) ≥ 90th percentile

22.42 (19.01, 25.83)

21.34 (17.82, 24.85)

44.66 (27.32, 61.99)

0.0022

  Triglycerides

    

   Mean (95% CI)

85.91 (81.65, 90.17)

84.42 (80.53, 88.32)

116.34 (78.83, 153.84)

0.0952

   Percent (95% CI) ≥ 110

21.60 (18.53, 24.68)

21.01 (18.19, 23.82)

33.82 (15.83, 51.81)

0.0806

  HDL

    

   Mean (95% CI)

53.00 (52.03, 53.97)

53.07 (52.08, 54.06)

51.54 (47.06, 56.03)

0.5079

   Percent (95% CI) ≤ 40

11.46 (9.13, 13.78)

11.11 (8.82, 13.40)

18.63 (5.64, 31.61)

0.1541

  Blood Pressure

    

   Mean Systolic (95% CI)

109.91 (108.87, 110.95)

109.83 (108.80, 110.87)

111.46 (105.90, 117.03)

0.5608

   Percent (95% CI) ≥ 90th percentile

8.01 (5.82, 10.20)

7.36 (9.57, 5.14)

21.42 (8.08, 34.76)

0.0025

  Fasting Blood Glucose

    

   Mean (95% CI)

93.09 (92.36, 93.82)

92.90 (92.19, 93.62)

96.96 (93.86, 100.06)

0.0104

   Percent (95% CI) ≥ 100

16.27 (13.41, 19.13)

15.23 (12.48, 17.99)

37.60 (21.08, 54.11)

0.0003

Mean (95% CI) HbA1c

5.26 (5.24, 5.28)

5.26 (5.23, 5.28)

5.32 (5.23, 5.40)

0.1938

Mean (95% CI) fasting insulin

12.17 (11.49, 12.85)

11.84 (11.29, 12.49)

18.90 (14.28, 23.51)

0.0033

Percent (95% CI) insulin > 16 IU/mL

21.62 (18.61, 24.64)

20.14 (17.26, 23.03)

51.89 (36.40, 67.37)

< 0.0001

Mean (95% CI) MetS Z-score

−0.02 (−0.09, 0.05)

−0.04 (−0.10, 0.03)

0.32 (−0.20, 0.83)

0.1703

  1. *t-test comparing means of continuous variables; chi-square test comparing percentages of binary variables (both accounting for survey design).