Table 1.

Male and Female Sample Characteristics Contrasted by Race

	Women		Men
	Black	White	Black	White
n	49	152	48	184
Age	44.8 ± 15.3	48.9 ± 15.1	41.2 ± 15.5	50.0 ± 14.9
BMI	37.8 ± 8.7	27.5 ± 8.9*	30.8 ± 8.0	26.6 ± 6.2*
%Fat	43.3 ± 8.2	33.6 ± 8.7*	26.7 ± 9.7	22.0 ± 8.6*
Neopterin
Mean (SD)	7.32 ± 1.5	6.39 ± 1.71	8.24 ± 1.82	6.04 ± 1.67
Median (range)	6.83 (4.91–11.37)	6.16 (2.39–11.88)†	7.92 (4.73–12.81)	5.74 (2.59–11.34)†

Notes: Values for age, body mass index (BMI), and %body fat (%fat) reflect the mean ± SD. Comparisons were performed between races.

^*p < .005 by t test.

^†p < .005 by Mann–Whitney U test.