TABLE 2.

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

	Quartile of abdominal fat mass
	1	2	3	4	P-trend
Abdominal fat mass (kg)	2.38 (1.63–2.68)2	2.86 (2.69–3.05)	3.27 (3.06–3.45)	3.64 (3.46–4.96)
No. of subjects	41	41	41	41
Age (y)	58.2 ± 1.23	59.6 ± 1.2	59.7 ± 1.2	62.0 ± 1.2	0.03
Current smoker (%)4	40.2	24.1	29.9	30.9	0.45
Alcohol intake (g/d)5	11.9 ± 5.6	9.4 ± 5.4	9.7 ± 5.5	4.0 ± 5.3	0.34
Calcium intake (g/d)5	898 ± 70	995 ± 68	838 ± 69	1052 ± 66	0.34
Plasma 25(OH)D (ng/mL)4	17.3 ± 1.0	18.5 ± 1.0	15.7 ± 1.0	17.8 ± 1.0	0.74
BMI (kg/m2)4	29.6 ± 0.8	28.7 ± 0.8	30.7 ± 0.8	31.0 ± 0.8	0.12
Weight (kg)4	86.9 ± 2.7	80.6 ± 2.6	84.4 ± 2.6	84.9 ± 2.6	0.77
Height (m)4	1.72 ± 0.01	1.67 ± 0.016	1.66 ± 0.017	1.65 ± 0.017	<0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)4	103 ± 2	101 ± 2	105 ± 2	108 ± 2	0.04
Physical activity score4	33.4 ± 0.8	32.4 ± 0.8	31.0 ± 0.8	30.6 ± 0.88	0.009
Education (%)4
<9th grade	50.3	51.5	42.6	44.4	0.46
9th–12th grade/GED	36.0	38.9	45.0	34.9	0.89
At least some college	13.9	9.6	12.4	18.0	0.59
Osteoporosis medication use (%)4	19.8	26.9	22.6	16.7	0.70
Total household income (US$/y)4	21,768 ± 3455	17,357 ± 3439	16,768 ± 3485	19,274 ± 3458	0.56

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 < 0.01, ⁷P < 0.0001, ⁸P < 0.05.