Liver Biomarkers and Lipid Profiles in Mexican and Mexican-American 10- to 14-Year-Old Adolescents at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Number of risk factors for T2DM present in 10- to 14-year-old Mexican and Mexican-American adolescents by sex and location.

Risk factors	Adolescents
	Toluca ()			Texas ()
	Female; ()	Males; ()		Females; ()	Males; ()
Family history of diabetes (%)	61.5 (56)	56.9 (33)	0.347	82.8 (58)	63.5 (47)	0.007
Family history of hypertension (%)	31.8 (29)	51.7 (30)	0.021	1.4 (1)	2.7 (2)	0.262
BMI-for-age < 95th percentile (%)	42.8 (39)	31.0 (18)	0.134	31.4 (22)	35.1 (26)	0.234
Acanthosis nigricans, present (%)	37.4 (34)	32.7 (19)	0.347	55.7 (39)	40.5 (30)	0.049
Fasting glucose of 100–120 mg/dl (%)	25.3 (23)	24.1 (14)	0.330	40.0 (28)	51.4 (38)	0.059
Number of T2DM risk factors present
0	16	7	0.041	6	13	0.056
1	23	22	0.270	25	23	0.467
2	13	7	0.024	18	16	0.194
3	25	13	0.037	16	17	0.691
4	13	7	0.025	5	4	0.091
5	1	2	0.368	0	1	0.211

value from overall test of association between Mexicans and Mexican-American adolescents’ with χ² test. Significant values shown in bold.