Research Article

Increased C-Reactive Protein in Brazilian Children: Association with Cardiometabolic Risk and Metabolic Syndrome Components (PASE Study)

Table 4

Crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) of the association between serum hs-CRP concentrations and cardiometabolic risk factors in children, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, 2015.

Cardiometabolic risk factorshs-CRP ≥ P90 (dependent variable)
CrudeAdjusted
OR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

Traditional
Overweight/obese12.19 (1.08–4.43)0.0302.08 (1.01–4.29)0.046
↑ Gynoid body fat12.98 (1.36–6.52)0.0062.80 (1.23–6.43)0.014
↑ Android body fat13.06 (1.39–6.72)0.0052.91 (1.26–6.72)0.012

MetS components
↑ Waist circumference13.12 (1.51–6.45)0.0022.90 (1.37–6.13)0.005
↓ HDL-c22.68 (1.32–5.45)0.0062.60 (1.23–5.50)0.012
↑ Glucose29.74 (1.89–50.32)0.00714.23 (2.57–78.68)0.002

Nontraditional
↑ Uric acid24.00 (1.89–8.43)<0.0013.59 (1.60–8.02)0.002
↑ Homocysteine22.59 (1.05–6.40)0.0392.81 (1.08–7.36)0.034
↑ apoB23.19 (1.32–7.70)0.0102.84 (1.09–7.40)0.033

hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; BMI, body mass index; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein; apoB, apolipoprotein B; CI, confidence interval. Multivariate logistic regression (), using as reference hs-CRP < P90 (<1.82 mg/L). 1Adjusted by age, sex, ethnicity, income, and sedentary behavior; 2adjusted by model 1 + body fat percentage.