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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 May 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Feb 13;92(5):1640–1646. doi: 10.1210/jc.2006-0572

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics by Sex and Race (Mean ± SD) in the unrelated sample

	Caucasian		Chinese		Comparison^*
	Women (1) (n =547 )	Men (2) (n = 538)	Women (3) (n = 878)	Men (4) (n = 1110)	Comparison^*
Age (year)	62.04 ± 11.37	62.25 ± 10.41	27.26 ± 4.83	27.16 ± 4.18	3,4 < 1,2
Body weight (kg)	73.64 ± 15.51	91.01± 15.01	50.74 ± 6.20	62.58 ± 8.58	3 < 4 < 1 < 2
Height (m)	1.62 ± 0.07	1.77 ± 0.07	1.58 ± 0.05	1.69 ± 0.05	3 < 1 < 4 < 2
BMI (kg/m²)	28.05± 5.64	29.02 ± 4.24	20.26 ± 2.28	21.81 ± 2.73	3 < 4 < 1 < 2
Fat mass (kg)	28.90 ± 9.72	24.92 ± 7.74	13.79 ± 3.6	10.52 ± 4.77	4 < 3 < 2 < 1
Percentage fat mass (%)	0.38 ± 0.06	0.27 ± 0.05	0.26 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.05	4 < 3 < 2 < 1
Lean mass (kg)	43.31 ± 6.49	63.06 ± 8.35	36.59± 3.61	51.27± 5.22	1 < 3 < 4 < 2
Spine BMD (g/cm²)	0.98 ± 0.16	1.08 ± 0.17	0.94 ± 0.10	0.98 ± 0.11	3 < 1,4 < 2
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm²)	0.74 ± 0.12	0.82 ± 0.14	0.78 ± 0.09	0.88 ± 0.12	1 < 3 < 2 < 4
Total body BMC (kg)	2.09 ± 0.36	2.78 ± 0.43	1.87 ± 0.23	2.27 ± 0.29	3 < 1 < 4 < 2

^*

p < 0.001