Table 3 Prevalence of parental history of hypertension, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in normal weight and overweight/obese children by waist-to-height ratio: The Bogalusa Heart Study.
|  | NORMAL WEIGHT (n = 2581) (BMI- 5th to 85th percentiles)# | OVERWEIGHT/OBESE (n = 510) (BMI ≥ 85th percentile)# | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence (%) | Waist-to-Height Ratio | Waist-to-Height Ratio | ||||
|  | <0.5 | ≥0.5 | p-value | <0.5 | ≥0.5 | p-value |
Parental history of hypertension | 26.9 | 27.1 | 0.97 | 23.9 | 41.3 | 0.002 |
Parental history of cardiovascular disease | 8.4 | 9.2 | 0.65 | 5.8 | 12.8 | 0.06 |
Parental history of type 2 diabetes mellitus | 6.6 | 11.7 | 0.007 | 8.2 | 17.7 | 0.03 |