Table 1.
Anthropometric and metabolic parameters of the three ethnic groups divided according to sex
| Whites |
Hispanics |
African Americans |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | P† | Male | Female | P† | Male | Female | P† | |
| n* | 243 | 369 | 171 | 186 | 175 | 308 | |||
| Age (years) | 13.6 ± 3 | 13.4 ± 3 | 0.867 | 12.6 ± 2.7 | 12.6 ± 2.9 | 0.901 | 13.3 ± 2.6 | 13.07 ± 2.8 | 0.789 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 34 ± 8 | 34 ± 7 | 0.756 | 34 ± 7 | 33 ± 7 | 0.108 | 36 ± 7 | 36 ± 8 | 0.644 |
| BMI-Z | 2.37 ± 0.49 | 2.24 ± 0.51 | 0.083 | 2.39 ± 0.57 | 2.20 ± 0.65 | 0.018 | 2.46 ± 0.51 | 2.38 ± 0.46 | 0.829 |
| WC (cm) | 107 ± 17 | 102 ± 16 | 0.001 | 106 ± 17 | 96 ± 14 | 0.001 | 109 ± 17 | 106 ± 17 | 0.058 |
| Body fat | 41 ± 11 | 44 ± 6 | 0.000 | 44 ± 11 | 44 ± 6 | 0.473 | 45 ± 11 | 46 ± 6 | 0.078 |
| LBM | 55 ± 17 | 46 ± 8 | 0.000 | 51 ± 20 | 42 ± 9 | 0.002 | 54 ± 15 | 49 ± 11 | 0.054 |
| FM | 39 ± 18 | 39 ± 16 | 0.530 | 38 ± 19 | 34 ± 13 | 0.548 | 44 ± 24 | 44 ± 16 | 0.321 |
| Lipid markers | |||||||||
| TG (mg/dL) | 129 ± 71 | 120 ± 69 | 0.093 | 123 ± 86 | 115 ± 70 | 0.635 | 84 ± 49 | 81 ± 42 | 0.957 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 40 ± 10 | 41 ± 8 | 0.149 | 40 ± 9 | 42 ± 8 | 0.090 | 45 ± 10 | 44 ± 9 | 0.606 |
| TG/HDL-C | 3.48 ± 2.46 | 3.16 ± 2.26 | 0.105 | 3.41 ± 3.09 | 3.00 ± 2.29 | 0.280 | 2.02 ± 1.39 | 1.98 ± 1.34 | 0.830 |
Data are expressed as means ± SD or number of participants. FM, fat mass; WC, waist circumference.
*Number of participants;
†independent-samples t test.