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. 2012 Jun 20;2012:894894. doi: 10.1155/2012/894894

Table 6.

Means by Waist Circumference*, Gender and Race.

Sex
Female Male
Waist Circumference* Waist Circumference*
Normal Overweight Obese Normal Normal Obese
White (10 yrs) Sample size Sum 928 910 870 651 757 697
Age Mean 72.5 72.3 72.2 74.3 73.2 72.6
% Current smoker Mean 13.79 11.43 10.93 10.62 10.04 7.47
% Lost 10 + lbs Mean 11.64 12.64 9.89 11.06 12.29 13.63
YOL Mean 9.13 9.10 9.08 8.20 8.36 8.39
SPL Mean 6.52 6.38 6.28 6.24 6.55 6.27
FLW Mean 8.40 8.29 8.27 7.61 7.85 7.59
SOC Mean 3.53 3.56 3.54 2.87 3.05 2.97
DEP Mean 7.19 6.86 6.81 6.86 7.17 6.77
BED Mean 8.60 8.44 8.36 7.79 8.03 7.84
FLUSH Mean 5.59 5.84 5.15 5.22 5.34 5.31
COG Mean 5.87 5.82 5.65 4.83 5.02 4.87
HOSP Mean 8.24 8.06 8.01 7.19 7.21 7.06
EVGG Mean 7.22 6.93 6.50 6.42 6.66 5.96
LEV Mean 5.95 5.68 5.52 5.39 5.75 5.25
EXSTR Mean 5.98 5.66 5.31 6.72 6.78 6.44
IADL Mean 6.28 5.84 5.12 6.12 6.30 5.59
BLOCK Mean 2.91 2.38 1.85 3.72 3.58 2.89
ADL Mean 7.73 7.24 6.69 7.16 7.17 6.57
TWLK Mean 5.51 4.94 3.95 5.48 5.67 4.54

Black (7 yrs) Sample size Sum 186 194 188 116 119 99
Age Mean 71.0 70.7 70.6 71.3 70.4 69.2
% Current smoker Mean 17.74 13.92 6.99 23.48 20.17 15.15
% Lost 10 + lbs Mean 13.44 15.46 16.49 13.79 10.92 14.14
YOL Mean 6.60 6.56 6.47 6.03 6.28 6.23
SPL Mean 4.65 5.08 4.62 4.04 4.88 4.52
FLW Mean 5.98 6.11 5.78 5.35 5.88 5.70
SOC Mean 2.15 2.54 2.27 2.26 2.15 2.10
DEP Mean 4.58 4.79 4.25 4.37 4.93 4.63
BED Mean 6.03 5.93 5.62 5.59 5.87 5.70
FLUSH Mean 3.25 3.31 3.23 3.09 3.16 3.16
COG Mean 2.39 2.35 1.99 1.81 2.42 2.10
HOSP Mean 5.85 5.85 5.44 5.34 5.63 5.24
EVGG Mean 4.16 4.30 3.09 3.81 4.23 4.02
LEV Mean 3.36 3.69 3.26 3.68 3.82 3.42
EXSTR Mean 3.40 3.75 2.63 4.60 5.13 4.68
IADL Mean 3.92 3.98 2.97 4.28 4.86 4.14
BLOCK Mean 1.23 1.03 .68 1.71 1.97 1.42
ADL Mean 4.96 4.79 3.83 5.11 5.41 4.56
TWLK Mean 2.89 2.60 1.45 3.22 3.27 2.69

*Overweight = 84.5–96.5 for White Female, 94.0–107.5 for Black Female, 93.0–101.5 for Male.