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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Feb;49(2):283–291. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001100

Table 4.

Means (95% confidence intervals) for selected variables with percent time at zero cadence quintiles for male and female 20+ years old from NHANES 2005-2006.

%TZC Quintilesa
1st Quintile 2nd Quintile 3rd Quintile 4th Quintile 5th Quintile Linear
Men Meanb (95% CI)
    nc 164-345 149-345 160-345 169-345 156-345
    Waist circumference, cm 99.0 (96.9,101.2) 99.6 (96.6,102.6) 98.0 (95.6,100.6) 99.7 (97.1,102.4) 102.2 (100.3,104.2) 0.0307
    Weight, kg 83.1 (80.1,86.2) 84.4 (80.6,88.3) 83.1 (80.2,86.1) 85.0 (81.7,88.3) 87.1 (84.2,90.2) 0.0094
    BMI, kg/m2 27.8 (27.3,28.4) 28.3 (27.2,29.5) 27.6 (26.8,28.5) 28.2 (27.1,29.3) 28.6 (27.8,29.4) 0.1373
    SBP, mm Hg 125.1 (123.2,127.0) 126.4 (124.7,128.1) 125.2 (122.8,127.7) 124.9 (123.2,126.6) 125.1 (122.8,127.3) 0.6656
    DBP, mm Hg 71.2 (69.5,72.9) 73.5 (71.2,75.9) 71.9 (70.1,73.6) 71.6 (69.4,73.7) 70.4 (68.6,72.2) 0.1312
    Glucose, mg/dL 103.8 (100.0,107.8) 104.7 (101.5,108.0) 104.0 (100.8,107.3) 108.6 (105.0,112.3) 105.2 (101.6,109.0) 0.2013
    Insulin, μU/mL 8.2 (7.2,9.3) 9.8 (8.4,11.5) 9.2 (7.8,10.9) 10.8 (8.8,13.3) 12.0 (10.1,14.1) 0.0015
    HOMA-IRd 2.1 (1.8,2.4) 2.5 (2.1,3.0) 2.4 (2.0,2.8) 2.9 (2.3,3.6) 3.1 (2.6,3.7) 0.0010
    HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL 49.4 (47.1,51.7) 47.3 (45.7,48.9) 47.8 (45.7,49.9) 45.3 (43.7,47.0) 45.3 (43.5,47.2) 0.0070
    Triglyceride, mg/dL 120.7 (106.1,137.3) 126.0 (111.2,142.6) 144.3 (123.5,168.6) 136.9 (118.2,158.5) 146.4 (129.2,165.8) 0.0183
    C-reactive protein, mg/dL 0.17 (0.13,0.23) 0.18 (0.15,0.21) 0.17 (0.14,0.20) 0.17 (0.15,0.19) 0.21 (0.17,0.25) 0.3222
    Glycohemoglobin, % 5.62 (5.53,5.71) 5.62 (5.50,5.74) 5.56 (5.48,5.65) 5.60 (5.51,5.69) 5.66 (5.54,5.77) 0.5733
Women
    nc 148-333 147-333 139-332 143-333 143-332
    Waist circumference, cm 94.8 (92.6,97.1) 94.8 (92.6,97.1) 93.6 (91.4,95.8) 94.8 (92.1,97.6) 95.8 (93.5,98.1) 0.1486
    Weight, kg 73.9 (71.3,76.6) 70.6 (69.0,72.2) 72.7 (70.4,75.1) 73.5 (70.5,76.7) 72.9 (70.0,75.9) 0.8251
    BMI, kg/m2 29.0 (28.1,30.0) 27.7 (27.2,28.3) 28.2 (27.5,29.0) 28.7 (27.5,29.9) 28.7 (27.8,29.6) 0.8028
    SBP, mm Hg 125.7 (123.5,127.9) 122.4 (119.9,125.0) 121.0 (119.1,123.0) 124.9 (122.4,127.3) 123.6 (121.0,126.3) 0.6253
    DBP, mm Hg 70.9 (68.9,72.9) 70.0 (68.5,71.5) 69.3 (67.6,70.9) 69.8 (67.9,71.7) 69.1 (67.5,70.7) 0.1356
    Glucose, mg/dL 105.1 (100.1,110.3) 104.1 (99.9,108.4) 101.0 (96.5,105.8) 102.7 (99.9,105.7) 105.1 (101.4,109.1) 0.8045
    Insulin, μU/mL 7.6 (6.6,8.7) 8.6 (7.1,10.4) 8.9 (7.5,10.4) 9.2 (8.0,10.7) 11.7 (9.9,13.9) 0.0028
    HOMA-IRd 2.0 (1.7,2.3) 2.2 (1.8,2.7) 2.2 (1.9,2.6) 2.3 (2.0,2.7) 3.0 (2.5,3.6) 0.0034
    HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL 58.5 (55.7,61.4) 57.5 (55.3,59.7) 56.7 (55.1,58.4) 56.6 (54.5,58.8) 54.9 (53.0,56.9) 0.0438
    Triglyceride, mg/dL 99.4 (89.8,110.0) 108.2 (97.4,120.2) 104.3 (94.9,114.6) 104.7 (94.5,116.0) 128.3 (112.9,145.9) 0.0315
    C-reactive protein, mg/dL 0.22 (0.17,0.29) 0.21 (0.16,0.27) 0.20 (0.17,0.23) 0.23 (0.20,0.27) 0.28 (0.25,0.32) 0.1201
    Glycohemoglobin, % 5.60 (5.49,5.72) 5.55 (5.48,5.63) 5.56 (5.50,5.62) 5.55 (5.52,5.58) 5.57 (5.46.5.68) 0.5328
a

Median % time at zero cadence for male was 17.6, 26.8, 34.1, 40.6 and 51.0 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Quintile respectively. Median % time at zero cadence for females was 19.9, 27.1, 32.9, 39.0 and 47.6 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Quintile respectively

b

Mean: geometric means for all the variables except SBP, DBP were covariate adjusted for age (years) and race

c

n: sample size range

d

HOMA-IR: calculated as fasting insulin {[(μU/mL) × [fasting glucose (mmol/L)]/22.5}