aDivision of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Cheongwon-gun, Korea
bDepartment of Family Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea
cDepartment of Family Medicine, Obesity Research Institute, Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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Characteristic | Total (n = 1350) | Boys (n = 682) | Girls (n = 668) |
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Age (y) | 9.19 ± 1.30 | 9.24 ± 1.29 | 9.15 ± 1.30 |
Height (cm) | 135.41 ± 9.80 | 135.83 ± 8.61 | 134.98 ± 10.86 |
Weight (kg) | 33.09 ± 8.70 | 34.01 ± 8.71 | 32.15 ± 8.59* |
BMI (kg/m2) | 17.75 ± 3.00 | 18.17 ± 3.10 | 17.32 ± 2.83* |
BMI percentile (%) | 42.17 ± 30.84 | 44.08 ± 31.25 | 40.23 ± 30.31* |
Body fat (%) | 20.96 ± 7.82 | 20.32 ± 8.50 | 21.60 ± 7.03* |
WC (cm) | 61.42 ± 8.62 | 62.81 ± 8.65 | 60.01 ± 8.34* |
SBP (mmHg) | 103.66 ± 13.76 | 104.86 ± 13.36 | 102.44 ± 14.06* |
DBP (mmHg) | 68.09 ± 9.88 | 68.91 ± 9.62 | 67.25 ± 10.08* |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 169.65 ± 25.92 | 167.64 ± 24.81 | 171.70 ± 26.87* |
TG (mg/dL) | 68.38 ± 39.91 | 63.40 ± 38.47 | 73.46 ± 40.73* |
HDLC (mg/dL) | 58.49 ± 11.34 | 59.74 ± 11.45 | 57.21 ± 11.09* |
Glucose (mg/dL) | 85.47 ± 7.28 | 86.20 ± 7.71 | 84.72 ± 6.75* |
Insulin (uIU/mL) | 5.25 ± 3.87 | 4.99 ± 3.64 | 5.51 ± 4.07* |
HOMA-IR | 1.13 ± 0.84 | 1.09 ± 0.80 | 1.17 ± 0.87 |
Leptin (ng/mL) | 5.45 ± 4.09 | 5.14 ± 4.05 | 5.78 ± 4.11 |
Hb (g/dL) | 13.37 ± 0.85 | 13.36 ± 0.88 | 13.37 ± 0.82 |
Serum ferritin (ng/mL) | 36.87 ± 19.53 | 36.68 ± 18.39 | 37.06 ± 20.64 |
sTfR (mg/L) | 2.13 ± 0.63 | 2.20 ± 0.64 | 2.06 ± 0.61* |
sTfR/log ferritin | 0.64 ± 0.27 | 0.65 ± 0.26 | 0.63 ± 0.28* |
Serum iron (μg/dL) | 98.55 ± 35.85 | 95.77 ± 36.22 | 101.38 ± 35.28* |
TIBC (μg/dL) | 336.60 ± 59.88 | 335.51 ± 61.87 | 337.71 ± 57.81 |
TS (%) | 29.52 ± 10.26 | 28.91 ± 10.57 | 30.15 ± 9.90* |
Dietary iron (mg/d) | 11.91 ± 3.33 | 12.01 ± 3.48 | 11.81 ± 3.17 |
Dietary vitamin C (mg/d) | 81.83 ± 46.10 | 82.13 ± 49.74 | 81.54 ± 42.25 |
Prevalence of MetS | 51/(3.78) | 21 (3.08) | 30 (4.49) |
Hb | Serum ferritin | sTfR | sTfR/log ferritin | Serum iron | TIBC | TS (%) | |
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Height (cm) | 0.07* | 0.00 | 0.09** | 0.05 | −0.04 | 0.04 | −0.07* |
Weight (kg) | 0.03 | 0.07* | 0.15** | 0.06* | −0.08* | 0.12** | −0.15** |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.03 | 0.09* | 0.14** | 0.06* | −0.08* | 0.13** | −0.15** |
BMI percentile (%) | 0.04 | 0.09* | 0.13** | 0.04 | −0.08* | 0.14** | −0.14** |
Body fat (%) | 0.04 | 0.15** | 0.14** | 0.03 | −0.10** | 0.14** | −0.16** |
WC (cm) | 0.01 | 0.07* | 0.21** | 0.11** | −0.13** | 0.08* | −0.17** |
SBP (mmHg) | −0.07* | 0.03 | 0.12** | 0.07* | −0.06* | 0.03 | −0.08** |
DBP (mmHg) | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.01 | −0.04 | 0.03 | −0.07* |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.06* | 0.06* | 0.07* | 0.04 | 0.06* | 0.07* | 0.02 |
TG (mg/dL) | 0.06* | 0.03 | 0.07* | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0.12** | −0.09* |
HDLC (mg/dL) | 0.07* | −0.10* | −0.04 | 0.02 | 0.11** | 0.02 | 0.09** |
Glucose (mg/dL) | −0.02 | −0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | −0.09* | 0.04 | −0.12** |
Insulin (uIU/mL) | 0.06 | 0.03 | −0.02 | −0.04 | −0.09* | 0.10** | −0.14** |
HOMA-IR | 0.06* | 0.03 | −0.02 | −0.03 | −0.10** | 0.11** | −0.15** |
Leptin | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.18** | 0.10* | −0.18** | 0.20** | −0.25** |
HT1 | HT2 | HT3 | p | |
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(0.14–0.7) | (0.71–1.14) | (1.15–7.48) | ||
HOMA-IR level | 0.50 ± 0.14c | 0.92 ± 0.1b | 1.98 ± 0.96a | <0.0001 |
Hb | 13.30 ± 0.81 | 13.43 ± 0.78 | 13.45 ± 0.88 | 0.0648 |
Serum ferritin (ng/mL) | 34.94 ± 18.35 | 35.87 ± 19.58 | 38.04 ± 19.17 | 0.7579 |
sTfR (mg/L) | 2.13 ± 0.61 | 2.16 ± 0.61 | 2.12 ± 0.64 | 0.0818 |
sTfR/log ferritin | 0.65 ± 0.27 | 0.66 ± 0.30 | 0.63 ± 0.26 | 0.1874 |
Serum iron (μg/dL) | 103.33 ± 35.84a | 96.48 ± 36.27b | 95.29 ± 34.44b | 0.0341 |
TIBC (μg/dL) | 324.77 ± 55.97c | 336.48 ± 60.14b | 344.77 ± 60.63a | 0.0005 |
TS (%) | 32.00 ± 10.13a | 28.80 ± 10.20b | 27.79 ± 9.67c | <0.0001 |
Characteristic | No MetS | MetS (n = 51) | p |
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Hb (g/dL) | 13.37 ± 0.84 | 13.35 ± 1.02 | 0.7629 |
Serum ferritin (ng/mL) | 36.67 ± 19.58 | 41.94 ± 17.82 | 0.1544 |
sTfR (mg/L) | 2.13 ± 0.64 | 2.34 ± 0.79 | 0.0077 |
sTfR/log ferritin | 0.64 ± 0.27 | 0.65 ± 0.24 | 0.4872 |
Serum iron (μg/dL) | 98.89 ± 35.63 | 89.88 ± 40.58 | 0.0464 |
TIBC (μg/dL) | 336.41 ± 59.62 | 341.49 ± 66.70 | 0.8301 |
TS (%) | 29.64 ± 10.20 | 26.40 ± 11.21 | 0.0238 |
Data are expressed as the mean ± SD or *Significant difference ( BMI = body mass index; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; Hb = hemoglobin; HDLC = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR = homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance ( Leptin ( Dietary iron and vitamin C ( MetS was defined as Modified NCEP-ATP III by Cook [≥3 of the following: WC ≥ 90th percentile (age, sex, ethnicity specific), TG ≥ 110 mg/dL, HDLC ≤ 40 mg/dL, blood pressure ≥90th percentile (age, sex, height specific), glucose ≥ 110 mg/dL; the cut off values for WC and blood pressure were based on the 2007 Korean Growth Charts].
BMI = body mass index; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; Hb = hemoglobin; HDLC = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR = homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance; SBP = systolic blood pressure; sTfR = soluble transferrin receptor; TG = triglyceride; TIBC = total iron-binding capacity; TS = transferrin saturation; WC = waist circumference. * ** Hb ( Insulin and HOMA ( Leptin (
a, b or c Means within a row with different superscripts (a, b, or c) are significantly different ( Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. sTfR = soluble transferrin receptor; TS = transferrin saturation.
Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. Hb = hemoglobin; sTfR = soluble transferrin receptor; TIBC = total iron-binding capacity; TS = transferrin saturation. MetS, was defined as Modified NCEP-ATP III by Cook [≥3 of the following: WC ≥ 90th percentile (age, sex, ethnicity specific), TG ≥ 110 mg/dL, HDLC ≤ 40 mg/dL, blood pressure ≥90th percentile (age, sex, height specific), glucose ≥ 110 mg/dL; the cut off values for WC and blood pressure were based on the 2007 Korean Growth Charts].