Table 3.
Analysis of body dimensions by sex and Nglom in African and Caucasian Americans
| Females |
Model 1 for males (matched to females by age and Nglom) |
Model 2 for males (matched to females by age, Nglom and BSA) |
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| Height (cm) |
Weight (Kg) |
BSA (m2) |
BMI (Kg/m2) |
Height (cm) |
Weight (Kg) |
BSA (m2) |
BMI (Kg/m2) |
Height (cm) |
Weight (Kg) |
BSA (m2) |
BMI (Kg/m2) |
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| African Americans (n = 32) | High Nglom | 165 | 88 | 2.01 | 31.3 | 181* | 102* | 2.28* | 31.5NS | 173NS, & | 79NS, & | 1.99NS,# | 24.8NS, & |
| (163-173) | (64–101) | (1.7–2.2) | (22.9–37.3) | (171–184) | (98–107) | (2.2–2.3) | (28.6–36.3) | (172–179) | (68–94) | (1.8–2.2) | (22.3–31.3) | ||
| Low Nglom | 169 | 78 | 1.93 | 27.5 | 182** | 90* | 2.15* | 27.3NS | 177NS, & | 85NS, & | 2.02NS, & | 26.3NS, & | |
| (167–176) | (74–84) | (1.8–2.0) | (24.9–28.4) | (178–190) | (83–98) | (2.0–2.3) | (25.4–28.5) | (171–181) | (75–91) | (1.9–2.1) | (24.1–30.3) | ||
| Caucasian Americans (n = 34) | High Nglom | 165 | 67 | 1.76 | 24.2 | 181* | 115** | 2.35* | 34.1* | 173NS, & | 71NS,# | 1.82NS,# | 24.9NS,# |
| (157–169) | (63–77) | (1.7–1.9) | (22.5–31.7) | (171–189) | (100–124) | (2.3–2.6) | (32.6–38.8) | (166–176) | (66–87) | (1.8–2.1) | (22.1–29.8) | ||
| Low Nglom | 159 | 62 | 1.66 | 25.2 | 175** | 107* | 2.32* | 34.8NS | 173*,& | 62NS,# | 1.74NS,# | 20.0NS,# | |
| (157–161) | (57–83) | (1.6–1.9) | (21.7–32.9) | (169–186) | (87–142) | (2.0–2.7) | (29.4–44.9) | (169–182) | (53–84) | (1.6–2.1) | (18.1–24.5) | ||
Values are expresses as median (inter quartile range).
BSA, body surface area; BMI, body mass index.
**P < 0.01 and *P < 0.05 in bold and NSP > 0.05 represent comparisons between females and model 1 for males and between females and model 2 for males; an additional comparison between model 1 and model 2 was done and is represented by #P < 0.05 in bold or &P > 0.05.