Table 1. Comparisons of Obesity Indicators Between Sex and Self-Identified Race Groups by Analysis of Variance, Excluding Cases Analysis by Analysis.
Phenotype | Race | F | P valuea | Sex | F | P valuea | ||
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Black | White | Female | Male | |||||
BMI | ||||||||
No. | 7382 | 1626 | NA | NA | 5276 | 4182 | NA | NA |
Mean (SD) [range] | 29.50 (4.86) [18.51-39.99] | 27.90 (4.54) [18.52-39.87] | 149.09 | <.001 | 29.90 (5.02) [18.51-39.99] | 28.40 (4.48) [18.52-39.99] | 231.56 | <.001 |
WHtR | ||||||||
No. | 8743 | 1704 | NA | NA | 6043 | 4404 | NA | NA |
Mean (SD) [range] | 0.58 (0.09) [0.35-1.13] | 0.57 (0.08) [0.36-0.97] | 51.86 | <.001 | 0.59 (0.96) [0.36-1.13] | 0.56 (0.78) [0.35-0.97] | 274.99 | <.001 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); NA, not applicable; WHtR, waist to height ratio.
Welch tests performed for groups with unequal variances based on results from Levene tests.