Research Article
Prevalence and Anthropometric Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwanese Adolescents
Table 5
Age- and gender-specific percentile cut-off points among study variables.
| Variables | Boys | Girls | () | () |
| 12 YO | | | BMI | 24.8 | 23.6 | Waist | 84.0 | 75.0 | Systolic BP | 131.0 | 128.0 | Diastolic BP | 79.0 | 79.0 | Triglyceride | 117.0 | 106.0 | HDL-Chol | 38.0 | 39.0 | Fasting glucose | 100.0 | 99.0 | 13 YO | | | BMI | 25.8 | 24.7 | Waist | 85.0 | 78.0 | Systolic BP | 136.0 | 129.0 | Diastolic BP | 81.0 | 80.0 | Triglyceride | 109.0 | 102.0 | HDL-Chol | 37.0 | 40.0 | Fasting glucose | 97.0 | 97.0 | 14 YO | | | BMI | 26.9 | 24.6 | Waist | 89.0 | 78.0 | Systolic BP | 139.0 | 129.0 | Diastolic BP | 85.0 | 79.0 | Triglyceride | 110.0 | 97.0 | HDL-Chol | 35.0 | 38.0 | Fasting glucose | 97.0 | 97.0 |
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