1Significant Differences Between Age Groups by Χ2 Test

Supplementary Table 1. Prevalence of risk categories for plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations (mg/dL) among adolescents by gender and age group1

Total / Men / Women
All / 11-13 / 14-16 / P / All / 11-13 / 14-16 / P / All / 11-13 / 14-16 / P
n / 293 / 165 / 128 / 153 / 90 / 63 / 140 / 75 / 65
TChol (mg/dL), %
Acceptable (<170) / 70.6 / 73.9 / 66.4 / 0.102 / 69.9 / 74.4 / 63.5 / 0.109 / 71.4 / 73.3 / 69.2 / 0.663
Borderline-high (170-199) / 19.5 / 15.2 / 25.0 / 17.6 / 12.2 / 25.4 / 21.4 / 18.7 / 24.6
High (≥200) / 9.9 / 10.9 / 8.6 / 12.4 / 13.3 / 11.1 / 7.1 / 8.0 / 6.2
Borderline-high + High (≥170) / 29.4 / 26.1 / 33.6 / 0.160 / 30.1 / 25.6 / 36.5 / 0.146 / 28.6 / 26.7 / 30.8 / 0.592
LDL-chol (mg/dL), %
Acceptable (<110) / 80.9 / 83.0 / 78.1 / 0.195 / 81.7 / 85.6 / 76.2 / 0.187 / 80.0 / 80.0 / 80.0 / 0.550
Borderline-high (110-129) / 13.3 / 10.3 / 17.2 / 11.8 / 7.8 / 17.5 / 15.0 / 13.3 / 16.9
High (≥130) / 5.8 / 6.7 / 4.7 / 6.5 / 6.7 / 6.3 / 5.0 / 6.7 / 3.1
Borderline-high + High (≥110) / 19.1 / 17.0 / 21.9 / 0.290 / 18.3 / 14.4 / 23.8 / 0.140 / 20.0 / 20.0 / 20.0 / 1.000
Non-HDL-chol (mg/dL), %
Acceptable (<120) / 63.8 / 68.5 / 57.8 / 0.067 / 63.4 / 68.9 / 55.6 / 0.095 / 64.3 / 68.0 / 60.0 / 0.545
Borderline-high (120-144) / 22.5 / 17.6 / 28.9 / 20.3 / 14.4 / 28.6 / 25.0 / 21.3 / 29.2
High (≥145) / 13.7 / 13.9 / 13.3 / 16.3 / 16.7 / 15.9 / 10.7 / 10.7 / 10.8
Borderline-high + High (≥120) / 36.2 / 31.5 / 42.2 / 0.059 / 36.6 / 31.1 / 44.4 / 0.092 / 35.7 / 32.0 / 40.0 / 0.325
HDL-chol (mg/dL), %
Acceptable (>45) / 44.0 / 49.1 / 37.5 / 0.128 / 43.1 / 48.9 / 34.9 / 0.229 / 45.0 / 49.3 / 40.0 / 0.454
Borderline-low (40-45) / 24.2 / 21.2 / 28.1 / 24.8 / 22.2 / 28.6 / 23.6 / 20.0 / 27.7
Low (<40) / 31.7 / 29.7 / 34.4 / 32.0 / 28.9 / 36.5 / 31.4 / 30.7 / 32.3
Borderline-low + Low (≤45) / 58.0 / 53.3 / 64.1 / 0.065 / 58.2 / 52.2 / 66.7 / 0.075 / 57.9 / 54.7 / 61.5 / 0.412
TG (mg/dL), %
Acceptable (<90) / 44.4 / 46.7 / 41.4 / 0.383 / 45.1 / 54.4 / 31.7 / 0.012 / 43.6 / 37.3 / 50.8 / 0.262
Borderline-high (90-129) / 32.4 / 29.1 / 36.7 / 32.7 / 24.4 / 44.4 / 32.1 / 34.7 / 29.2
High (≥130) / 23.2 / 24.2 / 21.9 / 22.2 / 21.1 / 23.8 / 24.3 / 28.0 / 20.0
Borderline-high + High (≥90) / 55.6 / 53.3 / 58.6 / 0.369 / 54.9 / 45.6 / 68.3 / 0.005 / 56.4 / 62.7 / 49.2 / 0.110

Abbreviations: TChol, total cholesterol; LDL-chol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-chol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; non-HDL-chol, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, tryglicerides.

1Significant differences between age groups by χ2 test.

Supplementary Table 2. Prevalence of dyslipidaemia components among adolescents1

n (%) / TChol
≥200 mg/dL / LDL-chol ≥130 mg/dL / non-HDL-chol ≥145 mg/dL / HDL-chol <40 mg/dL / TG ≥130
mg/dL / Dyslipidaemia
Total / 293 (100.0) / 9.9 / 5.8 / 13.7 / 31.7 / 23.2 / 48.8
Gender
Boys / 153 (52.2) / 12.4 / 6.5 / 16.3 / 32.0 / 22.2 / 47.7
Girls / 140 (47.8) / 7.1 / 5.0 / 10.7 / 31.4 / 24.3 / 50.0
BMI status
Normal-weight / 193 (65.9) / 8.3 / 5.2 / 10.9 / 28.0 / 16.6a / 42.5a
Boys / 100 (65.4) / 11.0 / 7.0 / 15.0 / 29.0 / 15.0b / 43.0
Girls / 93 (66.4) / 5.4 / 3.2 / 6.5c / 26.9 / 18.3c / 41.9c
Overweight / 58 (19.8) / 13.8 / 6.9 / 19.0 / 39.7 / 41.4a / 60.3a
Boys / 32 (20.9) / 15.6 / 3.1 / 21.9 / 40.6 / 37.5b / 59.4
Girls / 26 (18.6) / 11.5 / 11.5 / 15.4c / 38.5 / 46.2c / 61.5c
Obesity / 42 (14.3) / 11.9 / 7.1 / 19.0 / 38.1 / 28.6 / 61.9
Boys / 21 (13.7) / 14.3 / 9.5 / 14.3 / 33.3 / 33.3 / 52.4
Girls / 21 (15.0) / 9.5 / 4.8 / 23.8 / 42.9 / 23.8 / 71.4c
Abdominal obesity (WHtR)
WHtR <0.5 / 178 (67.9) / 10.1 / 5.6 / 12.4 / 25.8a / 20.8a / 42.7a
Boys / 95 (71.4) / 12.6 / 7.4 / 15.8 / 26.3b / 18.9b / 41.1b
Girls / 83 (64.3) / 7.2 / 3.6 / 8.4 / 25.3 / 22.9 / 44.6
WHtR ≥0.5 / 84 (32.1) / 11.9 / 6.0 / 20.2 / 42.9a / 32.1a / 63.1a
Boys / 38 (28.6) / 15.8 / 2.6 / 23.7 / 47.4b / 36.8b / 68.4b
Girls / 46 (35.7) / 8.7 / 8.7 / 17.4 / 39.1 / 28.3 / 58.7

Abbreviations: TChol, total cholesterol; LDL-chol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-chol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; non-HDL-chol, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, tryglicerides.

1Statistical significant differences (p<0.05) between groups were obtained by χ2 test: normal-weight vs. overweight/obesity, obesity vs. normal-weight/overweight, or WHtR <0.5 vs. WHtR ≥0.5 in the aoverall sample, in bboys and in cgirls.