Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the study sample: subset of adults from the Southwest Ohio Family Study whose visits occurred between January 2003 and November 2006
| Variable | n | Mean or % | SD or n | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 521 | 45.23 | 15.34 | 18.03 | 85.50 |
| Sex (%, female)† | 521 | 58.0 | 302 | – | – |
| Race (%, white)† | 521 | 81.2 | 423 | – | – |
| Smoking (%, current smoker)† | 521 | 31.9 | 166 | – | – |
| Education (%, university)† | 521 | 21.5 | 112 | – | – |
| Sport PA | 519 | 2.31 | 0.75 | 1 | 4.75 |
| Leisure PA | 518 | 2.52 | 0.66 | 1 | 4.25 |
| Work PA | 517 | 2.82 | 0.66 | 1.38 | 4.62 |
| Total PA | 512 | 7.66 | 1.34 | 3.63 | 11.50 |
| Weight (kg) | 521 | 82.24 | 18.94 | 44.90 | 158.40 |
| Height (cm) | 521 | 169.53 | 10.08 | 143.70 | 206.60 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 521 | 28.61 | 6.22 | 17.17 | 57.28 |
| BFM (kg) | 490 | 24.91 | 9.81 | 4.34 | 56.51 |
| %BF | 490 | 30.64 | 9.34 | 7.62 | 51.72 |
| TFM (kg) | 490 | 12.27 | 5.72 | 1.63 | 29.37 |
| VAT (kg) | 521 | 3.00 | 2.20 | 0.16 | 11.91 |
| SAT (kg) | 521 | 6.23 | 4.22 | 0.52 | 29.19 |
| BFMI (kg/m2) | 490 | 8.89 | 3.93 | 1.46 | 22.85 |
| TFMI (kg/m2) | 490 | 4.37 | 2.20 | 0.55 | 11.68 |
| VFI (kg/m2) | 521 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 4.06 |
| SFI (kg/m2) | 521 | 2.22 | 1.56 | 0.18 | 10.44 |
PA, physical activity; BFM, total body fat mass; %BF, percentage body fat; TFM, trunk fat mass; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; BFMI, fatmass index; TFMI, trunk mass index; VFI, visceral fat index; SFI, subcutaneous fat index. Data are presented as means with their standard deviation for continuous variables or as percentages and number of individuals for categorical variables (indicated by †).