Table 2.
Body size among control women by race/ethnicity
| Hispanics (n = 804) | African Americans (n = 365) | Non-Hispanic Whites (n = 399) | P valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %b | n | %b | n | %b | ||
| Current BMI (kg/m2) c | * † | ||||||
| <25.0 | 147 | 18 | 80 | 22 | 185 | 47 | |
| 25.0-29.9 | 310 | 39 | 124 | 34 | 116 | 29 | |
| ≥30.0 | 342 | 43 | 159 | 44 | 97 | 24 | |
| Young-adult BMI (kg/m2) d,e | * ‡ | ||||||
| Q1: ≤20.6 | 125 | 17 | 116 | 32 | 130 | 33 | |
| Q2: 20.7-22.4 | 170 | 23 | 83 | 23 | 118 | 30 | |
| Q3: 22.5-24.7 | 210 | 29 | 84 | 23 | 76 | 19 | |
| Q4: >24.7 | 225 | 31 | 77 | 21 | 69 | 18 | |
| Weight gain (kg) f | * † ‡ | ||||||
| Stable g | 80 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 65 | 18 | |
| Gain, 3.0-9.9 | 176 | 25 | 66 | 19 | 113 | 31 | |
| Gain, 10.0-19.9 | 234 | 33 | 91 | 26 | 96 | 26 | |
| Gain, 20.0-29.9 | 142 | 20 | 83 | 24 | 63 | 17 | |
| Gain, ≥30.0 | 74 | 11 | 76 | 22 | 34 | 9 | |
| Waist (cm) d | * † ‡ | ||||||
| Q1: ≤ 82.3 | 170 | 22 | 41 | 14 | 150 | 43 | |
| Q2: 82.4-90.5 | 211 | 27 | 65 | 22 | 77 | 22 | |
| Q3: 90.6-99.8 | 196 | 25 | 90 | 30 | 67 | 19 | |
| Q4: >99.8 | 195 | 25 | 102 | 34 | 57 | 16 | |
| Hip (cm) d | * † ‡ | ||||||
| Q1: ≤ 100.5 | 206 | 27 | 48 | 16 | 103 | 29 | |
| Q2: 100.6-107.5 | 186 | 24 | 60 | 20 | 107 | 31 | |
| Q3: 107.6-116.2 | 183 | 24 | 85 | 29 | 87 | 25 | |
| Q4: >116.2 | 196 | 25 | 105 | 35 | 54 | 15 | |
| Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) d | * † ‡ | ||||||
| Q1: ≤ 0.79 | 172 | 22 | 52 | 18 | 163 | 46 | |
| Q2: 0.80-0.84 | 224 | 29 | 70 | 24 | 83 | 24 | |
| Q3: 0.85-0.88 | 190 | 25 | 83 | 28 | 53 | 15 | |
| Q4: >0.88 | 185 | 24 | 92 | 31 | 52 | 15 | |
| Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) d | * † | ||||||
| Q1: ≤ 0.52 | 138 | 18 | 56 | 19 | 162 | 46 | |
| Q2: 0.53-0.58 | 195 | 25 | 78 | 26 | 82 | 23 | |
| Q3: 0.59-0.64 | 216 | 28 | 81 | 27 | 58 | 17 | |
| Q4: >0.64 | 223 | 29 | 83 | 28 | 49 | 14 | |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.
a Chi-square test for the difference between race/ethnicity; * = P <0.05 between non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics; † = P <0.05 between non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans; ‡ = P <0.05 between Hispanics and African Americans.
b Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
c Based on self-reported adult weight and measured height at interview (if not available, then based on measured weight at interview and/or self-reported adult height).
d Based on quartiles among all postmenopausal controls.
e Based on self-reported young-adult weight and measured height at interview (or self-reported adult height when measured height not available).
f Self-reported adult weight (or measured weight at interview if self-reported weight not available) minus self-reported young-adult weight; excludes 64 controls who lost >3 kg of weight.
g Stable weight defined as +/- 3 kg.