TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Puerto Rican women across quartiles of body weight–adjusted abdominal fat mass¹

	Quartile of abdominal fat mass
	1	2	3	4	P-trend
Abdominal fat mass (kg)	2.84 (1.84–3.06)2	3.25 (3.07–3.38)	3.55 (3.39–3.67)	3.92 (3.68–5.09)
No. of subjects	116	116	117	116
Age (y)	60.2 ± 0.73	60.6 ± 0.7	60.7 ± 0.7	61.1 ± 0.7	0.39
Current smoker (%)4	19.0	15.5	17.4	14.2	0.40
Alcohol intake (g/d)5	1.47 ± 0.63	2.12 ± 0.64	1.84 ± 0.66	1.58 ± 0.64	0.96
Calcium intake (g/d)5	972 ± 47	1024 ± 48	967 ± 49	951 ± 47	0.62
Plasma 25(OH)D (ng/mL)4	18.7 ± 0.7	20.3 ± 0.7	19.1 ± 0.7	18.8 ± 0.7	0.82
BMI (kg/m2)4	33.7 ± 0.6	31.6 ± 0.66	31.9 ± 0.6	34.9 ± 0.6	0.22
Weight (kg)4	83.3 ± 1.6	76.2 ± 1.6	74.7 ± 1.6	81.9 ± 1.6	0.37
Height (m)4	1.57 ± 0.01	1.55 ± 0.017	1.53 ± 0.017	1.56 ± 0.018	<0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)4	101 ± 1	101 ± 1	101 ± 1	110 ± 17	<0.0001
Physical activity score4	31.4 ± 0.4	30.9 ± 0.4	31.5 ± 0.4	30.2 ± 0.4	0.08
Education (%)4
<9th grade	38.6	59.68	53.06	55.66	0.02
9th–12th grade/GED	35.3	29.2	34.8	30.3	0.58
At least some college	26.2	11.28	12.28	14.16	0.02
Osteoporosis medication use (%)4	50.5	52.6	48.7	51.7	0.99
Total household income (US$/y)4	19,561 ± 1869	18,543 ± 1826	16,051 ± 1826	13,678 ± 1851	0.02

¹GED, General Education Development; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D.

²Median; range in parentheses (all such values).

³Mean ± SEM (all such values).

⁴Adjusted for age by ANOVA (PROC GLM; SAS Institute).

⁵Adjusted for age and energy intake by ANOVA (PROC GLM).

^6–8Significantly different from quartile 1: ⁶P < 0.05, ⁷P < 0.0001, ⁸P < 0.01.