Table 2 Association of LDL-C with BMI, family history of hypercholesterolemia, and exercise among fourth graders (age 9-10 years)
Boys (n = 1,645) | Girls (n = 1,523) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 110 | 110 ≤ | P - value* | < 110 | 110 ≤ | P - value* | |||||
BMI percentile | ||||||||||
< 50th | 719 | (87.5) | 103 | (12.5) | < 0.001 | 606 | (79.4) | 157 | (20.6) | < 0.001 |
50 - 74th | 345 | (83.7) | 67 | (16.3) | 292 | (76.8) | 88 | (23.2) | ||
75 - 84th | 129 | (78.2) | 36 | (21.8) | 113 | (74.3) | 39 | (25.7) | ||
85 - 94th | 105 | (64.0) | 59 | (36.0) | 92 | (60.5) | 60 | (39.5) | ||
≥ 95th | 38 | (46.3) | 44 | (53.7) | 41 | (53.9) | 35 | (46.1) | ||
Family history of hypercholesterolemia | ||||||||||
No | 1269 | (82.0) | 278 | (18.0) | 0.001 | 1092 | (75.6) | 352 | (24.4) | 0.037 |
Yes | 67 | (68.4) | 31 | (31.6) | 52 | (65.8) | 27 | (34.2) | ||
Exercise | ||||||||||
Daily | 831 | (82.6) | 175 | (17.4) | 0.126 | 468 | (75.7) | 150 | (24.3) | 0.595 |
Sometimes | 291 | (78.0) | 82 | (22.0) | 353 | (75.6) | 114 | (24.4) | ||
None | 171 | (79.5) | 44 | (20.5) | 282 | (73.1) | 104 | (26.9) | ||