TABLE 1.
Descriptive information about the analytic sample
| Men | Women | |
| Unweighted sample size | 5833 | 6107 |
| Weighted percentage | 48.9 | 51.1 |
| Deaths (n)1 | 1064 | 789 |
| Mean age (y) | 46.3 (0.4) 2 | 48.7 (0.6)3 |
| Height (cm) | 175.6 (0.2) | 161.8 (0.2)3 |
| Weight (kg) | 81.7 (0.3) | 68.6 (0.5)3 |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 26.4 (0.1) | 26.2 (0.2) |
| Mean fat (%) | 21.1 (0.2) | 31.4 (0.3)3 |
| Mean waist circumference (cm) | 95.6 (0.2) | 88.5 (0.4)3 |
| Mean hip circumference (cm) | 99.3 (0.1) | 101.8 (0.3)3 |
| Mean arm circumference (cm) | 32.9 (0.1) | 30.6 (0.1)3 |
| Mean waist-hip ratio (cm/m) | 96.0 (0.2) | 86.7 (0.2)3 |
| Sum of 4 skinfolds (mm) | 70.4 (0.6) | 101.4 (1.2)3 |
| Mean waist-stature ratio (cm/m) | 54.4 (0.1) | 54.8 (0.3) |
1
Mortality data are from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File (11).
2
SE in parentheses (all such values).
3
Mean value for women is significantly different from mean value for men (P < 0.001) on the basis of a 2-sample t test for complex sample survey data (25).