Insulin Resistance of Normal Weight Central Obese Adolescents in Korea Stratified by Waist to Height Ratio: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2008–2010

Table 3

Correlations between WHR or BMI and metabolic syndrome components in 13–18-year-old male and female adolescents.

	Female				Male
	WHR		BMI		WHR		BMI
		value		value		value		value
BMI	0.84	<0.0001			0.91	<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)	0.18	<0.0001	0.18	<0.0001	0.27	<0.0001	0.33	<0.0001
DBP (mmHg)	−0.01	0.916	0.05	0.412	0.11	0.023	0.19	<0.0001
Glucose (mg/dL)	0.11	0.085	0.12	0.072	0.08	0.048	0.07	0.071
Insulin (μU/mL)	0.30	<0.0001	0.33	<0.0001	0.49	<0.0001	0.48	<0.0001
HOMA-IR	0.30	<0.0001	0.32	<0.0001	0.47	<0.0001	0.46	<0.0001
TG (mg/dL)	0.17	<0.0001	0.16	<0.0001	0.32	<0.0001	0.31	<0.0001
HDL (mg/dL)	−0.22	<0.0001	−0.23	<0.0001	−0.27	<0.0001	−0.27	<0.0001
TG/HDL	0.22	<0.0001	0.22	<0.0001	0.35	<0.0001	0.34	<0.0001
ALT (U/L)	0.32	<0.0001	0.33	<0.0001	0.53	<0.0001	0.52	<0.0001
AST (U/L)	−0.004	0.919	−0.02	0.643	0.24	<0.0001	0.19	<0.0001
WBC (10^9/L)	0.16	<0.0001	0.19	<0.0001	0.26	<0.0001	0.27	<0.0001

Data are presented as the means ± standard error (SE), geometric mean (95% CI), or % (SE).
Insulin, HOMA-IR, TG, TG/HDL, ALT, AST, and WBC count were tested after logarithmic transformation.
WHR, waist to height ratio; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high density lipoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; WBC, white blood cell.