Table 4.
Age, y |
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20-34 |
35-64 |
≥65 |
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Black (n = 777) |
Mexican American (n = 745) |
White (n = 672) |
Black (n = 1036) |
Mexican American (n = 856) |
White (n = 1393) |
Black (n = 293) |
Mexican American (n = 285) |
White (n = 1169) |
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US population, in millions, No. |
3.4 | 1.6 | 17.8 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 31.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.2 |
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Overall Abnormality, % | |||||||||
Large waist | 40.7† | 39.2 | 23.6‡ | 68.6† | 71.3 | 49.7‡ | 75.0† | 69.6 | 61.5 |
High TG level | 6.2 | 22.3§ | 10.7‡ | 15.3† | 38.6§ | 27.8‡ | 32.0 | 46.3§ | 41.9 |
Low HDL cholesterol level | 31.2† | 45.6§ | 39.2 | 40.6 | 49.5 | 37.9‡ | 29.0 | 36.7 | 35.1 |
High BP | 8.8† | 4.4 | 3.9 | 40.5† | 29.8§ | 25.3 | 72.4 | 78.8 | 70.3 |
High glucose level | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 14.1† | 16.8 | 7.3‡ | 26.3 | 25.3 | 16.7 |
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Isolated Abnormality, % | |||||||||
Large waist | 18.6 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
High TG level | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
Low HDL cholesterol level | 9.3 | 17.1 | 19.8 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
High BP | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 15.0 | 14.2 |
High glucose level | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TG, serum triglyceride.
Statistically significant differences among black, Mexican American, and white groups were tested using the adjusted Wald test; P was corrected by Bonferroni adjustment in multiple comparisons (p/q,q=15, P<.003).
Statistically significant difference between the black and white groups.
Statistically significant difference between the Mexican American and white groups.
Statistically significant difference between the Mexican American and black groups.