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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Metab. 2016 Sep 14;35(4):448–455. doi: 10.1007/s00774-016-0775-6

Table 3.

Associations of genetic ancestry with percent fat mass, percent lean body mass and waist circumference

European admixture
African admixture
Native American admixture
β SE P value β SE P value β SE P value
Fat mass, %
 Model 1 −0.02 0.02 0.26 0.02 0.02 0.35 0.02 0.04 0.71
 Model 2 −0.02 0.02 0.23 0.02 0.02 0.29 0.01 0.04 0.78
Lean mass, %
 Model 1 0.02 0.02 0.25 −0.02 0.02 0.33 −0.02 0.04 0.70
 Model 2 0.02 0.02 0.22 −0.02 0.02 0.29 −0.01 0.04 0.75
Waist circumferencea, cm
 Model 1 −2.34 3.76 0.53 4.14 3.68 0.26 −10.9 8.87 0.22
 Model 2 0.34 2.21 0.87 0.77 2.07 0.71 −6.33 4.99 0.21

Model 1 was adjusted for age and sex

Model 2 was adjusted for model 1 plus education and for height

a

For waist circumference only, model 2 was adjusted for education and BMI