Table 1.

Characteristics of the subsample by sex. Means ± standard deviation or percentage.

Characteristic	Males (N=233)	Females (N=250)
Age (years)	50.3 ± 2.0	50.1 ± 2.1
Stature (cm) ***	171.6 ± 8.1	158.3 ± 7.6
Weight (kg) ***	84.5 ± 19.3	66.8 ± 18.0
BMI (kg/m2) *	29.1 ± 5.4	27.9 ± 7.1
Overweight (%)	77.7 ***	58.4
Obese (%)	37.8 *	29.2
Cultural Identity (%):
European American	13.7	15.3
Asian American	41.6	37.4
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	21.8	25.6
Filipino American	3.6	3.2
Other	19.3	18.5
Ancestry (%):
Some Asian ancestry	72.2	76.3
Some Hawaiian/Pacific Islander ancestry	23.9	22.2
Some Euro-American ancestry†††	26.7	32.4

Sex difference:

^*p < 0.05,

^***p < 0.001 (two-tailed t-tests);

^†††p < 0.001 (χ² test)