Inter‐ and Intra‐Ethnic Group Comparison of Metabolic Syndrome Components Among Morbidly Obese Adolescents

J Clin Hypertens(Greenwich). 2010;12:645–652. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This study explored inter‐ (between) and intra‐ (within) ethnic group differences in metabolic syndrome components among a clinical sample of morbidly obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥97th percentile for age and sex) 12‐ to 18‐year‐olds originating from Latin America and the Caribbean Basin and a matched (age/ethnicity/sex/BMI percentile) national sample (N=208, both samples) of Mexican American and non‐Hispanic blacks from the 1999 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Mexican American and non‐Hispanic black boys from the NHANES/national sample had significantly higher mean fasting glucose levels compared with Latin and Caribbean blacks (98.50 vs 85.42 mg/dL, 97.34 vs 86.44 mg/dL, respectively, (P