. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2014 May 27;9(2):108–113. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2014.04.011

Table 1.

Age, Age-adjusted Means and rates for characteristics in Caucasian, African American, and Filipina Participants

Characteristics	Caucasian	African American	Filipina
N	368	336	275
Age (years)	60.8	59.2^a	60.1
Anthropometric Measures
Height (m)	1.63	1.63^b	1.53
Weight (kg)	66.9	78.6^ab	59.8^a
Waist circumference (cm)	79.2	88.2^ab	81.4^a
Hip girth (cm)	102.5	107.1^ab	97.1^a
Waist:hip ratio	0.77	0.82^ab	0.84^a
Body fat (%)	34.1	37.6^ab	33.4
Truncal fat (%)	29.7	33.8^ab	31.4^a
Right leg fat (%)	41.4	43.5^ab	37.3^a
Left leg fat (%)	41.2	43.6^ab	37.1^a
BAI (%)	31.4	33.8^ab	33.3
BMI (kg/m²)	25.2	29.7^ab	25.5
Clinical Measures
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	125.4	136.9^a	135.8^a
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	76.6	78.0^b	79.9^a
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	124.8	95.16^ab	161.5^a
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	129.4	128.3^b	136.1^a
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	64.3	61.8^ab	53.2^a
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	218.6	209.4^ab	222.8
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)	93.4	99.8^ab	110.7^a
Behaviors
Alcohol intake (3+drink/week) (%)	40.2	12.1^ab	0.7^a
Physical Activity (3 times per week) (%)	67.1	58.3^a	62.9
Current Smoker (%)	12.6	12.1^b	6.2^a
Currently taking estrogen (%)	59.0	42.3^ab	19.3^a
Comorbidities
Hypertension (%)	47.0	72.9^a	67.3^a
MetS (NCEP)(%)	13.3	19.6^ab	32.7^a
MetS (IDF)(%)	18.7	33.0^ab	42.6^a
Diabetes (%)	8.4	15.2^ab	36.4^a

p-value <0.05 with Caucasian as the Reference Group

p-value <0.05 between African American and Filipina