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. 2014 Mar 1;12(2):110–116. doi: 10.1089/met.2013.0113

Table 1.

Subject Demography and Metabolic Factors

  Men Women
  Black White Hispanic Black White Hispanic
  Mean±SD Mean±SD
Number 653 469 217 887 489 295
Age (years) 46±10 45±9 41±9a 45±10 46±10 41±9a
Body mass index (kg/m2) 29.5±6.8 28.9±5.5 29.4±4.6 33.6±8.7b 29.2±7.6 31.4±7.9a
Waist circumference (cm) 100.6±16.8 102.5±14.2 99.2±11.0a 102.1±17.7b 92.9±17.1 95.5±16.9d
Triglyceride mg/dL* 90 (72)b 119 (106) 131 (111)d 81 (55)b 102 (78) 110 (77)d
HDL-C 50±15b 42±10 42±10 54±15 54±17 49±12a
Non-HDL-C 128±43b 142±39 145±42 126±43 129±39 128±38
Glucose 108±52 98±29c 104±34 104±47 97±34c 108±48
Insulin μU/mL* 12.2 (14.9) 10.8 (11.9) 13.1 (11.9) 15.3 ( 13.5) 9.8 (10.8)e 14.8 (14.5)
HOMA2-IR* 1.63 (1.93) 1.42 (1.51) 1.72 (1.57)d 2.01 (1.77) 1.28 (1.42)e 1.93 (2.01)
Systolic blood pressure 132±18 127±13c 124±13a 130±19b 121±15 119±16
*

Median (interquartile).

a

Significantly different from white and black; P<0.001.

b

Significantly different from white and Hispanic (P<0.001).

c

Significantly different from black (P<0.001).

d

Significantly different from white [analysis of variance (ANOVA) with post hoc Fisher protected least significant difference (PLSD) (P<0.05)].

e

Significantly different from black and Hispanics (P<0.001).

a,b,c,e

ANOVA with Bonferroni adjustments (P≤0.0167).

SD, standard deviation; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA2-IR, updated homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.