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Table 3 Mean levels of obesity, body fatness, and CVD risk factors by categories of sex and percent body fat estimated from the Slaughter Equations

From: Interrelationships between BMI, skinfold thicknesses, percent body fat, and cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. children and adolescents

PBFSlaughter Category

NTC a

Age (years)

Obese (%)

PBFDXA

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL

Triglycerides (mg/dL)b

Non-HDL Cholesterol (mg/L)

LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

NSBP a

SBP (mm Hg)

DBP (mm Hg)

Boys

            

<15 %

1703

14 ± 0.1c

0 c

19 ± 0.1

156 ± 1

69 (66, 72)

103 ± 1

86 ± 1

53 ± 0.6

1825

107 ± 0.4

58 ± 0.5

15 - 24.9 %

1143

14 ± 0.2

4 ± 1

25 ± 0.2

161 ± 1

78 (73, 84)

112 ± 1

94 ± 2

49 ± 0.5

1208

108 ± 0.4

58 ± 0.7

≥ 25 %

1193

14 ± 0.2

58 ± 2*

35 ± 0.3*

172 ± 2*

110 (101,119)*

127 ± 1*

102 ± 2*

44 ± 0.6*

1287

113 ± 0.5*

59 ± 0.6

Girls

            

<25 %

1122

13 ± 0.1

0

28 ± 0.2

162 ± 1

72 (67, 77)

107 ± 1

89 ± 2

56 ± 0.5

1255

102 ± 0.4

59 ± 0.5

25 - 34.9 %

960

15 ± 0.2

11 ± 1

35 ± 0.2

165 ± 1

79 (73, 86)

113 ± 1

92 ± 2

52 ± 0.5

1056

106 ± 0.6

60 ± 0.5

≥ 35 %

614

15 ± 0.2

68 ± 4*

43 ± 0.4*

170 ± 2*

84 (76, 92)*

122 ± 2*

99 ± 3*

47 ± 0.6*

679

110 ± 0.5*

62 ± 0.6

  1. a Ns in the column heading represent number of children with a non-missing value of that characteristic (total cholesterol or SBP). Ns for levels of TG and LDL-C, which required the child (age, 12–19 y) to be fasting, were about one third of the Ns for total cholesterol. The sample sizes for all risk factors are given in the Methods section
  2. b Geometric means are shown for TG levels, which were log-transformed
  3. c Values are mean or prevalence ± SE within each SF sum category
  4. * P < 0.01 for difference in CVD risk factor level between lowest and highest PBFSlaughter categories based on linear or logistic regression models that controlled for age and 2-year cycle