Table 2.

Anthropometric and metabolic parameters of the three ethnic groups divided according to TG/HDL-C tertiles

	Whites				Hispanics				African Americans
	Tertile group			P†	Tertile group			P†	Tertile group			P†
	First	Second	Third		First	Second	Third		First	Second	Third
	≤1.97	>1.97 and <3.56	≥3.56		≤1.92	>1.92 and <3.23	≥3.23		≤1.18	>1.18 and <2.14	≥2.14
n*	204	204	204		119	119	119		161	161	161
Age (years)	13.3 ± 3.3	13.4 ± 2.9	13.9 ± 2.8	0.089	12.6 ± 3.1	12.5 ± 2.6	12.7 ± 2.7	0.933	13.4 ± 2.8	13.0 ± 2.7	12.9 ± 2.8	0.204
Sex (male/female)#	71/133	79/125	93/111	0.064	52/67	60/59	59/60	0.463	60/101	51/110	64/97	0.328
BMI (kg/m2)	33.3 ± 8.8	36.09 ± 7.9	34.8 ± 6.1	0.002	31.5 ± 7.2	35.1 ± 7.1	34.3 ± 7.1	0.000	35.5 ± 8.0	37.9 ± 8.4	36.7 ± 7.6	0.033
BMI-Z	2.14 ± 0.67	2.41 ± 0.36	2.33 ± 0.38	0.000	2.09 ± 0.87	2.41 ± 0.39	2.37 ± 0.42	0.000	2.28 ± 0.65	2.48 ± 0.44	2.47 ± 0.35	0.000
WC (cm)	99 ± 18	106 ± 15	107 ± 15	0.000	95 ± 16	105 ± 16	104 ± 15	0.001	102 ± 18	110 ± 16	108 ± 17	0.002
Body fat	42.2 ± 10	44.6 ± 8.2	43.3 ± 8.5	0.051	42.5 ± 10	45.6 ± 8.9	44.6 ± 8.5	0.054	44.7 ± 9.6	46.8 ± 7.2	46.7 ± 7.7	0.066
LBM	47.9 ± 11	52.7 ± 14	52.3 ± 14	0.064	45.7 ± 17	47.8 ± 16	45.6 ± 11	0.737	50.2 ± 11	52.6 ± 11	51.8 ± 16	0.616
FM	36.2 ± 18	41.4 ± 16	41.7 ± 16	0.107	33.6 ± 16	40.4 ± 19	35.6 ± 12	0.099	40.2 ± 17	48.6 ± 20	46.8 ± 19	0.051
Glucose metabolism
Glucose 0 (mg/dL)	91 ± 8	92 ± 9	92 ± 10	0.429	93 ± 9	94 ± 7	95 ± 9	0.235	92 ± 8	93 ± 11	93 ± 9	0.584
Glucose 120 (mg/dL)	117 ± 23	123 ± 24	127 ± 27	0.000	116 ± 21	119 ± 20	131 ± 25	0.000	115 ± 22	122 ± 33	129 ± 35	0.000
Insulin 0 (μU/mL)	25.4 ± 14	33.4 ± 16.4	40.2 ± 36	0.000	27.2 ± 16	35.9 ± 20	41 ± 22.2	0.000	27.4 ± 15	36.5 ± 18	42.5 ± 25	0.000
AUC-glucose 120	125 ± 20	131 ± 21	133 ± 22	0.001	125 ± 20	126 ± 19	137 ± 22	0.000	118 ± 18	125 ± 27	131 ± 28	0.000
Insulin sensitivity index
HOMA-IR	5.75 ± 3.3	7.74 ± 4.2	9.75 ± 14	0.000	6.38 ± 4	8.55 ± 5	9.65 ± 5.2	0.000	6.35 ± 3.7	8.51 ± 4.7	9.97 ± 6.5	0.000
Lipid markers
TG (mg/dL)	67 ± 18	107 ± 23	231 ± 173	0.000	62 ± 17	99 ± 20	194 ± 92	0.000	45 ± 11	72 ± 15	129 ± 45	0.000
HDL (mg/dL)	49 ± 10	40 ± 6	35 ± 6	0.000	48 ± 8	40 ± 7	35 ± 6	0.000	53 ± 12	45 ± 8	38 ± 7	0.000
TG/HDL-C	1.39 ± 0.38	2.69 ± 0.45	6.94 ± 6.6	0.000	1.32 ± 0.38	2.48 ± 0.38	5.76 ± 3.3	0.000	0.877 ± 0.21	1.62 ± 0.28	3.45 ± 1.3	0.000

Data are expressed as means ± SD or number of participants. FM, fat mass; WC, waist circumference.

*Number of participants;

#χ² test;

†one-way ANOVA test.