Cross-sectional association of fitness, fatness, and dyslipidemia with metabolic syndrome in youth

Table 2 Comparison of participants according to their metabolic risk status

Variable	Low (n = 107)	Girls			Boys
		High (n = 94)	Total (n = 201)	Low (n = 119)	High (n = 83)	Total (n = 202)
Age	13.9 ± 2.4	15.9 ± 1.6	14.8 ± 2.3b	13.9 ± 1.9	15.8 ± 2.2	14.7 ± 2.2b
Body mass	53.0 ± 14.0	58.2 ± 8.9	55.5 ± 12.1b	50.2 ± 11.8	51.7 ± 13.8	50.8 ± 12.5
BMI	20.8 ± 4.5	22.7 ± 3.0	21.7 ± 4.0b	19.0 ± 2.2	19.9 ± 3.0	19.9 ± 3.0a
CRF	29.2 ± 12.0	20.0 ± 13.0	24.9 ± 13.3b	48.1 ± 15.1	27.2 ± 10.1	27.2 ± 10.1b
VAI	0.86 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 1.8	1.6 ± 0.7b	0.58 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 0.6b
TG/HDL	0.56 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.6b	0.58 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.5	1.0 ± 0.5b
TC/HDL	0.20 ± 0.3	0.50 ± 0.4	0.29 ± 0.8b	0.24 ± 0.4	0.50 ± 0.4	0.46 ± 0.4b

^aP < 0.001.

^bP < 0.05.

VAI: Visceral adiposity index; CRF: Cardiorespiratory fitness; BMI: Body mass index; TG/HDL-C: Triglycerides-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC/HDL-C: Total Cholesterol-to-high density lipoprotein cholesterol.