Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants, by sex mean ± SD, n (%).
| Indigenous men (n=6) |
Indigenous women (n=4) |
p-Value | Indigenous (n=10) |
European men (n=6) |
European women (n=4) |
European descent (n=10) |
p-Valuea | p-Valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 26 ± 3 | 23 ± 3 | 0.10 | 25 ± 3 | 25 ± 5 | 22 ± 2 | 24 ± 4 | 0.17 | 0.49 |
| Female, n (%) | – | – | – | 4 (40.0) | – | – | 4 (40.0) | – | 1.00 |
| First Nations, n (%) | 2 (33.3) | 3 (75.0) | 0.24 | 5 (50.0) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Métis, n (%) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (25.0) | 0.24 | 5 (50.0) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Single, n (%) | 5 (83.3) | 2 (50.0) | 0.31 | 7 (70.0) | 5 (83.3) | 3 (75.0) | 8 (80.0) | 0.79 | 0.63 |
| More than high school education, n (%) | 3 (50.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0.31 | 7 (70.0) | 6 (100.0) | 4 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 1.00 | 0.06 |
| Employed, n (%) | 5 (83.3) | 4 (100.0) | 0.45 | 9 (90.0) | 4 (66.7) | 4 (100.0) | 8 (80.0) | 0.24 | 0.56 |
| Annual income <$20,000 per year, n (%) | 4 (66.7) | 4 (100.0) | 0.24 | 8 (80.0) | 3 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1.00 | 0.18 |
| Smoker, n (%) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.24 | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 | 0.15 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| Height (cm) | 181.1 ± 6.9 | 166.5 ± 5.4 | 0.04 | 175.2 ± 9.6 | 179.6 ± 5.6 | 165.2 ± 4.7 | 173.8 ± 9.0 | 0.03 | 0.78 |
| Body mass (kg) | 88.3 ± 11.4 | 62.9 ± 6.2 | 0.01 | 78.1 ± 16.0 | 80.2 ± 7.4 | 63.0 ± 5.6 | 73.3 ± 2.1 | 0.02 | 0.29 |
| BSA (m2) | 2.1 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 0.01 | 1.9 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.1 | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 1.7 | 0.01 | 0.40 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 93.8 ± 7.3 | 73.9 ± 5.1 | 0.003 | 85.8 ± 12.0 | 80.5 ± 5.3 | 76.1 ± 5.0 | 78.7 ± 4.9 | 0.22 | 0.02 |
| Overweight, n (%) | 3 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0.49 | 4 (40.0) | 3 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 (40.0) | 0.49 | 1.00 |
| Obesity, n (%) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.45 | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 | 0.33 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 118.2 ± 13.3 | 112.0 ± 5.4 | 0.40 | 115.7 ± 10.9 | 124.7 ± 10.9 | 112.5 ± 7.9 | 119.8 ± 11.2 | 0.10 | 0.42 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 63.3 ± 12.0 | 59.3 ± 5.5 | 0.56 | 61.7 ± 9.7 | 71.7 ± 14.7 | 63.0 ± 5.2 | 68.2 ± 12.2 | 0.29 | 0.20 |
| Heart rate (beats·min−1) | 62.4 ± 9.9 | 59.5 ± 11.6 | 0.56 | 61.2 ± 10.1 | 52.8 ± 3.1 | 55.5 ± 4.9 | 53.9 ± 3.9 | 0.28 | 0.045 |
aSex differences among European descendants.
bEthnic comparison.
BSA: body surface area; SD: standard deviation.