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Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2009 May-Jun;21(3):383–388. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20889

Table 4.

Analyses of covariance for anthropometric variables, with cultural identity and sex as predictor variables and education and income as covariates (F values shown).

A. HPIs versus other participants
Measure	Main Effect: HPI Status	Main Effect: Sex	Interaction: Ethn X Sex	Covariate: Education	Covariate: Income
Stature	23.6 ^***	108.9 ^***	2.3	0.6	6.6 ^**
Weight	9.6 ^**	38.2 ^***	3.6	7.1 ^**	0.7
BMI	0.5	2.8	0.6	9.5 ^**	0.0
Waist Circumference	2.2	39.2 ^***	0.6	8.7 ^**	0.0

B. Asian Americans versus other participants
Measure	Main Effect: Asian American Status	Main Effect: Sex	Interaction: Ethn X Sex	Covariate: Education	Covariate: Income
Stature	43.2 ^***	232.9^***	1.2	2.6	4.2 ^*
Weight	33.4 ^***	101.8^***	0.0	3.1	0.3
BMI	5.5 ^*	9.1 ^**	0.1	6.4 ^**	0.0
Waist Circumference	10.8 ^***	87.6 ^***	0.4	5.4 ^*	0.0

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001