FIG. 1.

Comparison of metabolic variables in African men living in the United States and African-American men. (Black) Africans living in the United States; (gray) African Americans. (A) Systolic blood pressure (SBP); (B) diastolic blood pressure (DBP); (C) fasting glucose; (D) 2-h glucose after an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT); (E) visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area; (F_ metabolic syndrome prevalence. For parts A–E, data are presented as mean±standard error (SE) with comparison by the Student's t-test. For panel F, data are presented as percent with comparison by chi-squared. (*) P<0.05; (**) P<0.01. Data were adapted from Ukegbu et al.³⁸