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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr. 2006 Mar;136(3):642–647. doi: 10.1093/jn/136.3.642

TABLE 3.

Effect of Asian vs. White ethnicity for various variables, adjusted for covariates using multiple regression1

Dependent variables n Regression coefficient2 SE P
Exam 2 measures
 DXA measures
 Trunk:peripheral fat ratio, kg 102 0.170 0.040 < 0.0001
 Trunk:peripheral lean ratio, kg 102 0.030 0.020 0.14
 Total body fat, % 102 −0.796 2.166 0.71
 Total body lean mass, kg 102 193.076 1176.322 0.87
 Trunk fat mass, kg 102 435.182 894.147 0.623
 Trunk lean mass, kg 102 2.286 495.951 0.99
 Peripheral fat mass, kg 102 −826.052 534.681 0.32
 Peripheral lean mass, kg 102 −368.471 533.646 0.49
 Tanner pubic hair stage, 1–5 102 −0.615 0.839 0.004
Birth weight, kg 102 −1.039 0.3000 0.001
Exams 1 and 2 combined(2 measures per girl)3
Waist circumference, cm 303 −0.643 1.161 0.51
Hip circumference, cm 303 −1.299 1.286 0.31
Waist:Hip ratio, cm 303 0.003 0.007 0.69
Log of subscapular skinfold, mm 3024 0.530 0.293 0.07
Triceps skinfold, mm 303 0.277 0.809 0.73
Biceps skinfold, mm 303 −1.158 1.340 0.39
Iliac skinfold, mm 303 1.295 1.1810 0.27
Calf skinfold, mm 303 −0.867 0.842 0.30
Height, m 303 −2.813 1.1026 0.01
Weight, kg 303 −2.891 3.241 0.37
Sitting height, cm 2995 −0.181 0.608 0.77
Leg length, cm 303 −3.075 0.747 < 0.0001
Biacromial breadth, cm 303 0.080 0.333 0.81
Biiliac breadth, cm 303 −0.078 0.323 0.81
Energy intake, kJ/d 303 −31.620 71.954 0.66
Physical activity, (MET·h)/wk 303 −19.399 − 33.048 0.005
1

All dependent variables, except for energy intake, physical activity, and Tanner pubic hair stage were adjusted for the independent variables: age, Tanner pubic hair stage, physical activity, and dietary energy intake. When energy intake and physical activity were treated as dependent variables, they were adjusted for age and Tanner pubic hair stage only, and when Tanner pubic hair stage was treated as a dependent variable it was adjusted for age, energy intake, and physical activity.

2

Effect of the proportion of Asian ethnicity vs. the proportion of White ethnicity.

3

Values are means ± SE, adjusted using the method of Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE).

4

One girl had a missing value at exam 2.

5

Two girls with outlier values were not included for sitting height analysis (2 measures per girl).