Table 3.

Anthropometric measurements in African American compared Caucasian women

	African American	Caucasian	P
Birth Length (cm)	48.6 (2.2)	50.0 (2.0)	<0.001
Head Circumference (cm)	34.2 (1.4)	34.7 (1.4)	0.002
Chest Circumference (cm)	32.2 (2.0)	32.5 (2.0)	0.13
Abdominal Circumference/Liver (cm)	32.4 (1.9)	32.9 (2.0)	0.20
Thigh Circumference (cm)	15.3 (1.4)	15.0 (1.5)	0.23
Tricep Skin fold (mm)	3.9 (0.8)	4.2 (1.0)	0.12
Subscapular Skin fold (mm)	4.3 (1.0)	4.6 (1.2)	0.17
Flank Skin fold (mm)	3.7 (0.88)	3.88 (1.0)	0.21
Thigh Skin fold (mm)	5.1 (1.4)	5.5 (1.5)	0.15
Abdominal Skin fold (mm)	3.0 (1.0)	3.0 (0.8)	0.88

Data are mean (standard deviation)