Table 4.

Multiple regression analysis of PBF vs. BMI, age, sex, and ethnicity for the total study population

Coefficient ± SE							SEE	R2
BMI	Age	Sex‡	NYC Caucasian§	NYC African American§	NYC Asian§	Intercept
2.417±0.066†						−19.660±1.198†	5.970	0.69
2.481±0.069†	−0.412±0.132*					−17.743±1.338†	5.927	0.69
2.553±0.066†	−0.364±0.126*	−3.616±0.469†				−17.404±1.278†	5.658	0.72
2.409±0.048†	0.409±0.096†	−4.547±0.335†	−8.601±0.469†	−10.535±0.501†	−6.477±0.443†	−15.170±0.913†	4.013	0.86

^*P < 0.001,

^†P < 0.0001.

^‡1 = male, 0 = female.

^§Reference group: Jinan Asian.