Multivariate linear regression examining the associations between BMI, WC, fitness and metabolic risk score.

<p>BMI: Body Mass Index. WC: Waist circumference. CRF: Cardiorespiratory fitness.</p><p>Adjusted for district, sex, age, and tanner stage.</p

Associations between location and decreasing CRF tertiles and increasing MRS tertiles.

<p>Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness; MRS, metabolic risk score; OR, odds ratio.</p><p>Adjusted for gender, age, pubertal stage, SES, parental BMI, and parental smoking.</p><p>*: p<0.05.</p><p>**: p<0.01.</p><p>Associations between location and decreasing CRF tertiles and increasing MRS tertiles.</p

Flow of the participants through the study.

<p>Flow of the participants through the study.</p

Participants’ CVD risk factors among different residence ^a.

<p>Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness; CVD, cardiovascular disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MRS, metabolic risk score; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TG, triglycerides; WC, waist circumference.</p><p>^a Adjusted for gender (in total), age, puberty stage, and SES.</p><p>Participants’ CVD risk factors among different residence <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0137615#t002fn002" target="_blank">^a</a>.</p

Characteristics of the participants^a.

<p>SD: standard deviation.</p><p>^aThere were some missing values.</p><p>Characteristics of the participants<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0137615#t001fn002" target="_blank">^a</a>.</p