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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2023 Dec 19;34(3):799–806. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.12.014

Table 2.

Measures of Body Fat Distribution by Ethnicity in the ShapeUp! Kids Studya

Ethnicity SAT VAT VAT/SAT Muscle Density
Mean Std Mean Std Mean Std Mean Std
White 4.77 0.86 3.64 0.67 −1.12 0.46 −0.08 0.04
Black 4.98 0.83 3.42 0.62 −1.56 0.58 −0.09 0.04
Hispanic 4.72 0.91 3.42 0.66 −1.30 0.63 −0.08 0.04
Asian 4.46 0.70 3.32 0.55 −1.15 0.45 −0.08 0.03
NHOPI 4.67 0.73 3.52 0.56 −1.15 0.37 −0.09 0.03
p b 0.02 0.03 <0.0001 0.28
a

Means and standard deviations (std) are for log-transformed values of all four measure of body composition.

b

p-value of difference across ethnic groups obtained by general linear models using log-transformed values