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Table 2 Associations (OR and 95% CI) between overweight and obesity and individual metabolic comorbidities among children aged 10-19-y-old in South Korea: KNHANES 2007-2008 1,2

From: Association between obesity and metabolic co-morbidities among children and adolescents in South Korea based on national data

  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
  High blood pressure3 High glucose4 Dyslipidemia5 High triglyceride4 High cholesterol5 High LDL-C5 Low HDL-C5 ≥2 of MetS components6
In boys and girls
Overweight7 1.46 (0.94-2.28) 1.27 (0.64-2.51) 3.36 (2.35-4.81) 3.80 (2.29-6.30) 2.33 (1.27-4.30) 1.91 (0.98-3.74) 2.17 (1.14-4.11) 3.83 (2.25-6.52)
Obese7 1.90 (1.05-3.45) 1.54 (0.68-3.47) 6.21 (3.59-10.75) 6.87 (4.05-11.64) 2.80 (1.10-5.62) 3.81 (1.87-7.80) 4.46 (2.23-8.89) 26.97 (14.95-48.65)
Central obesity8 1.15 (0.69-1.90) 1.65 (0.82-3.35) 3.87 (2.45-6.13) 4.12 (2.67-6.37) 2.04 (1.07-3.90) 3.01 (1.58-5.74) 3.78 (1.81-7.90) 19.90 (12.09-32.76)
In boys
Overweight7 1.31 (0.78-2.21) 1.21 (0.49-2.99) 5.00 (3.07-8.13) 6.28 (3.11-12.7) 2.91 (1.30-6.49) 2.65 (1.16-6.03) 2.64 (1.25-5.57) 5.31 (2.52-11.18)
Obese7 2.32 (1.08-4.98) 1.18 (0.31-4.45) 10.10 (4.84-21.07) 11.50 (5.24-25.02) 5.17 (1.78-14.95) 6.50 (2.66-15.91) 5.49 (2.42-12.42) 36.30 (16.93-77.84)
Central obesity8 1.42 (0.75-2.68) 1.04 (0.32-3.34) 5.32 (3.02-9.37) 5.35 (2.83-10.10) 3.65 (1.59-8.35) 5.80 (2.66-12.67) 3.65 (1.65-8.07) 23.59 (12.16-45.76)
In girls
Overweight7 1.55 (0.70-3.43) 0.83 (0.28-2.51) 1.93 (1.05-3.53) 1.95 (0.86-4.41) 2.05 (0.72-5.90) 1.68 (0.48-5.92) 1.66 (0.55-5.05) 2.69 (1.18-6.14)
Obese7 0.99 (0.31-3.17) 1.71 (0.57-5.09) 2.37 (1.20-4.71) 3.04 (1.38-6.71) 0.75 (0.15-3.85) 1.30 (0.34-4.97) 1.64 (0.50-5.36) 13.84 (6.45-29.70)
Central obesity8 0.64 (0.24-1.69) 3.24 (1.37-7.64) 2.13 (1.14-3.95) 2.87 (1.39-5.91) 0.77 (0.21-2.88) 1.10 (0.36-3.38) 2.66 (0.94-7.55) 16.79 (8.51-33.11)
  1. Abbreviations: KNHANES Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.
  2. 1Each logistic regression model adjusted for age, gender, income, and urban-rural residence; among girls, further controlled for menarche status.
  3. 2Normal weight (5th percentile ≤ BMI < 85th percentile) group was the reference group in each model.
  4. 3Systolic blood pressure/diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90th percentiles of 2007 Korean CDC growth chart.
  5. 4Fasting blood glucose ≥ 100 mg/dL.
  6. 5Triglyceride > 150 mg/dL or Total cholesterol > 200 mg/dL or LDL-cholesterol: > 130 mg/dL or HDL-cholesterol: < 35 mg/dL.
  7. 6Among elevated waist circumference, elevated triglycerides, reduced HDL cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, elevated fasting plasma glucose based on the 2007 pediatric IDF definition.
  8. 7By BMI percentile of 2007 Korea growth chart, overweight (85th percentile ≤ BMI < 95th percentile); obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile).
  9. 8Waist circumference ≥90th percentile for age and gender based on 2007 Korean CDC growth chart.
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