TABLE 4.

Age-standardized values by race-ethnic group: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999–2004¹

	Fat	Fat mass	Lean mass	Height	Weight	BMI
	%	kg	kg	cm	kg	2
Boys
All2	25.4 ± 0.2	15.4 ± 0.2	43.2 ± 0.2	160.3 ± 0.2	58.0 ± 0.4	21.8 ± 0.1
Non-Hispanic white	25.7 ± 0.334	15.5 ± 0.334	43.1 ± 0.3	160.8 ± 0.33	58.0 ± 0.6	21.6 ± 0.23
Mexican American	27.6 ± 0.24	16.9 ± 0.24	42.2 ± 0.24	158.2 ± 0.34	58.5 ± 0.4	22.6 ± 0.14
Non-Hispanic black	23.1 ± 0.3	14.7 ± 0.3	45.5 ± 0.3	161.4 ± 0.2	59.6 ± 0.5	22.1 ± 0.2
Girls
All2	33.1 ± 0.2	18.9 ± 0.2	35.5 ± 0.1	154.5 ± 0.2	53.9 ± 0.4	22.1 ± 0.1
Non-Hispanic white	32.9 ± 0.33	18.5 ± 0.34	35.3 ± 0.234	155.0 ± 0.23	53.2 ± 0.54	21.7 ± 0.234
Mexican American	34.7 ± 0.24	19.5 ± 0.3	34.1 ± 0.24	151.8 ± 0.24	53.1 ± 0.44	22.5 ± 0.24
Non-Hispanic black	32.2 ± 0.2	20.3 ± 0.3	38.7 ± 0.2	155.6 ± 0.2	58.4 ± 0.4	23.6 ± 0.1

¹All values are means ± SEs standardized to the age distribution of the sample in 6-mo age groupings.

²Includes race-ethnic groups not shown separately.

³Significantly different from Mexican Americans, P < 0.017 (2-sample t test).

⁴Significantly different from non-Hispanic blacks, P < 0.017 (2-sample t test).