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. 2012 Apr;10(2):128–136. doi: 10.1089/met.2011.0064

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics (n=2,155)

  Normal weight Overweight Obese All
Gendera
 Male 50.7 (2.0) 49.6 (3.1) 50.0 (3.0) 50.4 (1.2)
 Female 49.3 (2.0) 50.4 (3.1) 50.0 (3.0) 49.6 (1.2)
Ethnicity/racea
 Mexican American 12.5 (2.0) 11.7 (2.4) 14.6 (2.7) 12.7 (2.0)
 Non-Hispanic white 72.5 (2.8) 73.4 (4.3) 65.3 (4.1) 71.3 (3.0)
 Non-Hispanic black 15.1 (1.9) 14.9 (2.5) 20.2 (2.6) 16.0 (2.0)
Property income ratio (PIR)a
 PIR 0≥ and <1 16.8 (1.5) 19.6 (3.1) 20.1 (2.1) 17.9 (1.6)
 PIR ≥1 and <2 20.4 (1.7) 17.7 (2.7) 21.8 (2.9) 20.1 (1.5)
 PIR ≥2 and <3 15.4 (1.4) 26.3 (3.1) 27.0 (3.9) 19.6 (1.3)
 PIR ≥3 and <4 14.1 (1.1) 17.3 (2.9) 12.8 (2.7) 14.5 (1.2)
 PIR ≥4 and <5 12.8 (1.9) 5.8 (1.6) 7.8 (1.8) 10.5 (1.4)
 PIR ≥5 20.5 (2.0) 13.4 (3.2) 10.5 (2.3) 17.3 (1.7)
Smoking statusa
 Nonsmoker 89.9 (1.1) 89.0 (3.0) 86.5 (2.9) 89.1 (1.3)
 Smoker 10.1 (1.1) 11.0 (3.0) 13.5 (2.9) 10.9 (1.3)
Age (years)b 14.3 (0.2) 14.0 (0.2) 13.9 (0.2) 14.2 (0.1)
Body mass index (BMI) z-scoreb −0.04 (0.0) 1.3 (0.0) 2.1 (0.0) 0.6 (0.0)
Waist circumference (cm)b 71.2 (0.4) 83.3 (0.6) 98.9 (0.8) 78.6 (0.5)
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (minutes/day)b 38.9 (1.9) 36.0 (2.4) 31.8 (2.0) 37.0 (1.5)
Energy (kcal)b 2,429 (34.6) 2,123 (73.0) 2,066 (53.5) 2,304 (29.7)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)b 106.3 (0.5) 107.7 (1.2) 112.6 (0.7) 107.7 (0.4)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)b 59.5 (0.6) 56.0 (1.3) 59.2 (0.9) 58.8 (0.6)
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)b 0.1 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) 0.4 (0.1) 0.2 (0.0)
Triglycerides (mmol/L)b 0.9 (0.0) 1.1 (0.0) 1.2 (0.1) 1.0 (0.0)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)b 4.1 (0.1) 4.3 (0.1) 4.3 (0.1) 4.2 (0.0)
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)b 1.5 (0.0) 1.3 (0.0) 1.2 (0.0) 1.4 (0.0)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)b 2.3 (0.0) 2.5 (0.1) 2.6 (0.1) 2.4 (0.0)
Glycohemoglobin (%)b,c 5.1 (0.0) 5.1 (0.0) 5.1 (0.0) 5.1 (0.0)
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)b,c 5.1 (0.1) 5.0 (0.0) 5.2 (0.1) 5.1 (0.0)
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)b,c 48.9 (1.9) 67.2 (2.9) 127.7 (7.6) 65.7 (2.3)
a

Data are presented as % (standard error).

b

Data presented as mean (standard error). Standard errors of 0.0 had values <0.1.

c

Measured among 12- to 19-year-old participants only.