Increased C-Reactive Protein in Brazilian Children: Association with Cardiometabolic Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Components (PASE Study)
Table 2
Nontraditional cardiometabolic risk factors of children according to serum hs-CRP concentration, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, 2015.
Cardiometabolic risk factors
Total
hs-CRP (mg/L)
values
<P90
≥P90
%
%
%
↑ Uric acid (mg/dL)‡
<0.001
Absent
291
83.1
270
92.8
21
7.2
Present
59
16.9
45
76.3
14
23.7
↑ Homocysteine (ng/mL)‡
0.033
Absent
221
85.0
201
91.0
20
9.0
Present
39
15.0
31
79.5
8
20.5
HTGWP
0.143
Absent
299
85.4
272
91.0
27
9.0
Present
51
14.6
43
84.3
8
15.7
↑ Leptin (ng/mL)‡
0.021
Absent
294
84.7
268
90.2
29
9.8
Present
53
15.3
43
81.1
10
18.9
↓ ApoA1 (mg/dL)‡‡
0.694
Absent
297
84.8
268
90.5
28
9.5
Present
52
15.2
46
88.5
6
11.5
↑ apoB (mg/dL)‡
0.007
Absent
221
85.0
202
91.4
19
8.6
Present
39
15.0
30
76.9
9
23.1
↑ apoB/ApoA1‡
0.318
Absent
220
84.9
198
90.0
22
10.0
Present
39
15.1
33
84.6
6
15.4
hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; HTGWP, hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype; apoB, apolipoprotein B; ApoA1, apolipoprotein A1. Classification according to the 15th‡‡ and 85th‡ percentiles of the sample. Pearson’s chi-square test ().
