Utility of waist-to-height ratio in assessing the status of central obesity and related cardiometabolic risk profile among normal weight and overweight/obese children: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Table 2 Odds Ratios and 95% CI for adverse levels of cardiometabolic risk factor variables in normal weight and overweight/obese children: The Bogalusa Heart Study.

	NORMAL WEIGHT (n = 2581) (BMI- 5th to 85th percentiles)^#(Referenced to waist-to-height ratio <0.5)			OVERWEIGHT/OBESE (n = 510) (BMI ≥ 85th percentile)^#(Referenced to waist-to-height ratio ≥0.5)
Independent Variable (Top tertile vs. rest)*	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Mean Arterial Pressure (mm Hg)	1.30	0.92-1.83	0.13	1.10	0.60-2.03	0.75
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	1.66	1.18-2.32	0.003	0.61	0.34-1.10	0.10
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	1.47	1.02-2.11	0.03	0.59	0.32-1.07	0.08
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	2.01	1.44-2.79	<0.0001	0.53	0.30-0.96	0.03
Glucose (mg/dl)	1.13	0.77-1.66	0.51	1.44	0.78-2.67	0.23
Insulin (μU/ml)	2.05	1.16-3.62	0.01	2.09	0.59-7.38	0.24
Insulin Resistance Index (HOMA-IR)	1.43	0.78-2.62	0.23	0.27	0.08-0.90	0.03

*Bottom tertile vs. the rest for HDL cholesterol. Tertiles were age-, race- and sex-specific. Models were age-, race- and sex-adjusted. All variables were included in both the models.
^# BMI percentiles were age-, race- and sex-specific
HOMA-IR = Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; CI = Confidence Intervals

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