Table 2.

Schema of building 12 subsets associated with 12 analytic cases for nonparametric models and 2 subsamples for parametric models for a given gender.

Analytic Case Number	Weight Profile	Ethnic Group	BMI Category	Notation of Subset from Nonparametric Models	Notation of Subsample for Parametric Models
1	RefProf	European-American	Normal	subsetRefProf#1	RefProf Subset
2	RefProf	European-American	Overweight	subsetRefProf#2
3	RefProf	European-American	Obese	subsetRefProf#3
4	RefProf	African-American	Normal	subsetRefProf#4
5	RefProf	African-American	Overweight	subsetRefProf#5
6	RefProf	African-American	Obese	subsetRefProf#6
7	GainProf	European-American	Normal	subsetGainProf#1	GainProf Subset
8	GainProf	European-American	Overweight	subsetGainProf#2
9	GainProf	European-American	Obese	subsetGainProf#3
10	GainProf	African-American	Normal	subsetGainProf#4
11	GainProf	African-American	Overweight	subsetGainProf#5
12	GainProf	African-American	Obese	subsetGainProf#6

Note: RefProf: weight Reference Profile; GainProf: weight Gain Profile.