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. 2014 Dec 25;44(4):1277–1287. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu236

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants, the LEAP Project

According to tertiles of android fat massa
According to tertiles of android:gynoid fat ratioa
Tertile 1 (n = 33) Tertile 2 (n = 34) Tertile 3 (n = 34) p for trend Tertile 1 (n = 33) Tertile 2 (n = 34) Tertile 3 (n = 34) p for trend
Women, no. (%) 26 (79) 19 (56) 20 (59) 0.09 31 (94) 28 (82) 6 (18) <.001
White, no. (%) 22 (67) 23 (68) 24 (71) 0.73 24 (73) 20 (59) 25 (74) 0.93
Education, mean years (SD) 13.6 (3.1) 13.4 (3.7) 12.2 (2.4) 0.08 12.7 (2.4) 14 (3.5) 12.5 (3.3) 0.84
Current smoker, no. (%) 12 (36) 10 (29) 14 (41) 0.68 13 (39) 12 (35) 11 (32) 0.55
Ever smoker, no. (%) 18 (54) 18 (53) 24 (71) 0.18 20 (61) 19 (56) 21 (62) 0.91
BMI, mean kg/m2 (SD) 24.3 (2.8) 31.2 (4.9) 37.4 (5.1) <.001 28.6 (6.6) 32.1 (8.2) 32.4 (5.1) 0.03
According to tertiles of trunk:limb fat ratioa
According to categorized BMI (kg/m2)
Tertile 1 (n = 33) Tertile 2 (n = 34) Tertile 3 (n = 34) p for trend 18.5 - < 25 (n = 24) 25 - < 30 (n = 25) ≥30 (n = 57) p for trend
Women, no. (%) 31 (94) 26 (76) 8 (24) <.001 20 (83) 15 (60) 33 (58) 0.04
White, no. (%) 20 (61) 24 (71) 25 (74) 0.26 16 (67) 18 (72) 38 (67) 0.92
Education, mean years (SD) 13.3 (2.9) 13.6 (3.2) 12.3 (3.3) 0.20 14.5 (3.3) 13.2 (2.4) 12.7 (3.4) 0.18
Current smoker, no. (%) 10 (30) 14 (41) 12 (35) 0.68 9 (38) 9 (36) 18 (32) 0.58
Ever smoker, no. (%) 16 (49) 21 (62) 23 (68) 0.11 13 (54) 13 (52) 35 (61) 0.47
BMI, mean kg/m2 (SD) 30.9 (9.1) 29.5 (5.5) 32.9 (5.2) 0.23 22.9 (1.5) 27.6 (1.6) 36.6 (5.3) <.001

aTertiles for android fat mass, android:gynoid fat ratio, and trunk:limb ratio add up to 101, as only 101 of the 106 participants had DXA scan measures available.