. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 18.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Apr 28;19(9):1840–1846. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.78

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the participants

Trait	Men (SEM)	Women (SEM)	p value
N	537	677
Age (years)	42 (0.68)	42.9 (0.62)	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	26.57 (0.22)	28.55 (0.24)	< 0.001
Waist circumference (inches)	34.4 (0.21)	34.8 (0.22)	NS
Waist/height ratio	0.51 (0.003)	0.56 (0.003)	< 0.001
Body fat (%)	31.5 (0.28)	43.2 (0.22)	< 0.001
Subscapular skinfold (cm)	14.61 (0.33)	20.41 (0.35)	< 0.001
Triceps skinfold (cm)	12.88 (0.28)	21.30 (0.30)	< 0.001