Table 1.

Anthropometric Characteristics of the Study Sample^*

	Men			Women
	Black (n = 1494)	Mexican American (n = 1811)	White (n = 2626)	Black (n = 1811)	Mexican American (n = 1666)	White (n = 2955)
US population,  in millions, No.	6.1	3.8	54.2	7.6	3.2	56.9
Age, y	40.9 (40.2-41.6)	36.6 (35.9-37.3)	45.0 (43.9-46.1)	41.9 (40.8-43.1)	38.9 (38.2-39.7)	47.6 (45.9-49.2)
Height, cm	176.4 (176.0-176.7)	169.9 (169.3-170.5)	176.4 (176.0-176.8)	163.1 (162.7-163.5)	156.9 (156.6-157.3)	162.3 (161.9-162.7)
Weight, kg	83.2 (82.2-84.2)	77.6 (76.6-78.7)	83.3 (82.3-84.2)	77.0 (75.8-78.1)	69.2 (68.4-70.0)	68.7 (68.3-69.1)
BMI	26.7 (26.4-27.0)	26.8 (26.6-27.1)	26.7 (26.5-26.9)	28.9 (28.5-29.3)	28.1 (27.7-28.4)	26.1 (25.9-26.3)
WC, cm	92.2 (91.4-93.0)	93.6 (92.9-94.3)	96.5 (95.8-97.2)	93.0 (92.1-93.9)	91.0 (90.1-91.8)	88.1 (87.3-88.8)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters); WC, waist circumference.

^*Data are given as mean (95% confidence interval), except where indicated otherwise.