Insulin Resistance and Its Association with Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Children

Table 1

Description of anthropometrics and metabolic risk factors in study participants.

Variables	Total ()	Boys ()	Girls ()	value
Anthropometrics
Age (years)				0.198
BMI (kg/m^2)				0.409
Body fat (%)				0.007
WC (cm)				0.091
Blood pressure
SBP (mmHg)				0.683
DBP (mmHg)				0.288
Metabolic risk factors
TG (mg/dL)				0.336
TC (mg/dL)				0.841
HDL-C (mg/dL)				0.476
Glucose (mg/dL)				0.005
Insulin (μU/mL)				0.530
HOMA-IR				0.336
Metabolic syndrome ()
0	48.4	55.7	41.8	0.055
1	31.7	29.3	33.8	0.020
2	14.3	10.5	17.7	<0.001
3 components	5.7	4.5	6.8	0.051

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein-cholesterol.