Table 1.

Participant characteristics

		Total		Male		Female
n 115		n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex				46	40·0	69	60·0
Race	White	83	72·2	31	67·4	52	75·4
	Black/AA	28	24·3	14	30·4	14	20·3
	Asian	4	3·5	1	2·2	3	4·3
Ethnicity	Hispanic	7	6·1	2	4·3	5	7·2
		Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI
Anthropometry	Age (year)	29·4	27·1, 31·7	26·5	23·8, 29·1	31·3	28·0, 34·6‡
	Height (cm)	170·2	168·4, 172·0	178·0	175·5, 180·4	165·0	163·5, 166·5*
	Weight (kg)	80·4	76·3, 84·4	94·3	87·4, 101·1	71·07	67·5, 74·7*
	BMI (kg/m2)	27·5	26·2, 28·7	30·2	27·9, 32·5	25·6	24·4, 26·9†
	Waist (cm)	91·4	88·5, 94·3	96·2	91·2, 101·3	88·2	84·9, 91·6†
	Hip (cm)	103·0	101·7, 106·1	106·2	102·3, 110·5	102·4	99·8, 105·0
	Waist:Hip	0·88	0·86, 0·89	0·90	0·89, 0·92	0·86	0·84, 0·88†
	Waist:Height	0·54	0·52, 0·56	0·54	0·51, 0·57	0·54	0·51, 0·57
		n	%	n	%	n	%
BMI Classification	≥ 40 kg/m2	5	4·3	4	8·7	1	1·4
	30–39·9 kg/m2	23	20·0	11	23·9	12	17·4
	25–29·9 kg/m2	39	33·9	20	43·5	19	27·5
	< 25 kg/m2	48	41·7	11	23·9	37	53·6
n 104		White (n 76)		Black (n 28)
		Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI
Anthropometrics	Height (cm)	170·5	168·4, 172·6	171·2	167·0, 175·5
	Weight (kg)	77·1	73·4, 80·8	94·1	82·0, 106·1‡
	BMI (kg/m2)	26·3	25·2, 27·4	31·8	28·0, 35·7†
	Waist (cm)	89·4	86·6, 92·3	99·9	91·2, 108·6‡
	Hip (cm)	102·5	100·3, 104·7	109·5	103·1, 116·1‡
	Waist:Hip	0·87	0·86, 0·89	0·91	0·87, 0·94‡
	Waist:Height	0·53	0·51, 0·54	0·59	0·53, 0·64‡
		n	%	n	%
BMI Classification	≥ 40 kg/m2	0	0·0	5	17·9
	30–39·9 kg/m2	14	18·4	9	32·1
	25–29·9 kg/m2	31	40·8	4	14·3
	< 25 kg/m2	31	40·8	10	35·7

AA, African-American.

^*Statistically significant at P < 0·001.

^†Statistically significant at P < 0·010.

^‡Statistically significant at P < 0·050.