Diagnostic criteria patterns of U.S. children with Metabolic Syndrome: NHANES 1999–2002

Nutrition Journal

Table 1 Description of the total population and three study subpopulations (in percent)

Characteristics	Full sample of 2–18 year olds with dietary and medical data	Group a	Group b	Group c
	(n = 7,672)	(n = 3,467)	(n = 1,064)	(n = 641)
Number of children represented	n = 63,642,060	n = 20,845,577	n = 7,681,593	n = 3,598,335
Females	49	48	50	43
Ethnic group
Non-Hispanic white	61	61	66	54
Non-Hispanic black	14	15	13	19
Mexican	12	12	9	14
Other	12	12	12	12
Household income ^c
<1.3 PIR	39	39	38	44
1.3–1.84 PIR	12	13	13	11
1.85–3.4 PIR	19	20	19	18
>3.5 PIR	29	28	30	28
Weight status ^d
Health-y weight	62	61	62	59
At risk for Overweight	15	15	16	16
Overweight	23	24	22	25

^a Study populations:
Group a): Non-missing data: ≥ three criteria but missing blood glucose (2–18 year olds)
Group b) Non-missing data: ≥ three criteria & blood glucose, not overweight or obese^b (12–18 year olds)
Group c) Non-missing data: ≥ three criteria & blood glucose, not overweight or obese^b (12–18 year olds)
^b Using International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) standards,
^c Poverty Income Ratio (PIR),
^d CDC gender specific BMI-for-Age growth chart: healthy weight (6–84^th percentile), at risk for overweight (85–94^th percentile), overweight (≥ 95^th percentil)

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