Associations of total and abdominal adiposity with risk marker patterns in children at high-risk for cardiovascular disease

Table 3 Association of BMI and WC percentiles with quintiles of factor scores

	Lipid pattern			Inflammatory pattern			BP pattern			Lp(a) pattern
	Beta	P for trend	pR²	Beta	P for trend	pR²	Beta	P for trend	pR²	Beta	P for trend	pR²
BMI %	0.12 (0.03)	<0.01	20%	0.01 (0.03)	0.72	5%	0.07 (0.03)	0.14	8%	0.00 (0.03)	0.98	8%
WC %	0.11 (0.03)	< 0.01	22%	0.05 (0.03)	0.09	8%	0.06 (0.03)	0.06	7%	0.01 (0.03)	0.84	8%
BMI % adjusted for WC %	0.89 (0.06)	0.14	2%	−0.14 (0.07)	0.03	5%	0.09 (0.07)	0.21	2%	−0.02 (0.07)	0.76	0%
WC % adjusted for BMI %	0.04 (0.05)	0.45	1%	0.16 (0.06)	0.03	8%	−0.01 (0.06)	0.84	0%	0.02 (0.06)	0.71	0%
Total explanatory power using both metrics			3%			12%			2%			0%
Explanatory power gained by using both metrics			None			4-7%			None			None

Caption: Beta coefficients are evaluated as change in quintile rank corresponding to a 5% increase in BMI or WC percentiles. Standard errors are presented in parentheses. All models are adjusted for exposure to cigarette smoke, family history of cardiovascular disease, hours of screen-time, white race, black race and other race. pR² – partial R², representing the independent explanatory power of each predictor.

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