Table 4.

Regression slope for Change in Cardiovascular Risk Factor Levels per Kilometer Run per Week in Nonwhite Men^*

	All Nonwhite (N=222)	Hispanics (N=100)	Asian (N=47)	African American (N=35)	Native American (N=19)
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.003 ± 0.001†	0.003 ± 0.002	0.003 ± 0.002	0.010 ± 0.005‡	0.005 ± 0.003
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.005 ± 0.003	−0.005 ± 0.004	−0.011 ± 0.006	−0.011 ± 0.007	−0.004 ± 0.011
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	−0.003 ± 0.002	−0.003 ± 0.004	−0.009 ± 0.005	−0.004 ± 0.006	0.011 ± 0.006
Total/HDL-cholesterol	−0.013 ± 0.005†	−0.011 ± 0.006	−0.019 ± 0.010‡	−0.056 ± 0.027‡	−0.012 ± 0.013
Systolic BP mm Hg	−0.140 ± 0.045†	−0.121 ± 0.060‡	−0.202 ± 0.091‡	−0.104 ± 0.144	0.077 ± 0.233
Diastolic BP mm Hg	−0.086 ± 0.034†	−0.055 ± 0.046	−0.189 ± 0.069†	0.057 ± 0.106	0.097 ± 0.145
BMI kg/m2	−0.025 ± 0.008†	−0.030 ± 0.013‡	−0.039 ± 0.013†	−0.027 ± 0.029	−0.032 ± 0.036
Weight loss (ΔBMI since greatest weight, kg/m2	−0.031 ± 0.008§	−0.028 ± 0.013‡	−0.007 ± 0.013	−0.063 ± 0.021†	−0.014 ± 0.031

^*All were nonsmoking, nonvegetarian, and without history of heart disease or cancer. None used drugs for the control of blood pressure, cholesterol, insulin, or thyroid levels. All nonwhite includes 21 runners who identified their race as other. All values are slopes±SE. HDL indicates high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; and BMI, body mass index.

^†P<0.01.

^‡<0.05.

^§<0.001.