Table 1.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis Results (Adults age 20–64, n = 6,870)^*

	Measure of Obesity: Waist Circumference							Measure of Obesity: BMI
		Males			Females				Males			Females
Model Fit Indices	Overall	NHW	NHB	Hisp	NHW	NHB	Hisp	Overall	NHW	NHB	Hisp	NHW	NHB	Hisp
Chi-square (df)	783.0 (30)							764.6 (30)
Akaike’s Information Criteria (AIC)	903.0							884.6
Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA)	0.148							0.146
Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR)	0.071	0.075	0.069	0.080	0.065	0.080	0.056	0.070	0.070	0.063	0.076	0.067	0.083	0.059
Goodness of Fit Index (GFI)	0.956	0.952	0.957	0.950	0.958	0.948	0.969	0.958	0.958	0.967	0.954	0.956	0.945	0.965
Bentler-Bonett Normed Fit Index (NFI)	0.817	0.810	0.785	0.792	0.845	0.729	0.862	0.809	0.824	0.809	0.802	0.824	0.654	0.843
Factor Loadings	p-value*							p-value*
Measure of Obesity	< 0.001	0.49	0.67	0.36	0.71	0.77	0.45	< 0.001	0.41	0.50	0.32	0.69	0.73	0.48
SBP	< 0.001	0.17	0.16	0.19	0.33	0.31	0.38	< 0.001	0.15	0.08	0.18	0.34	0.34	0.38
HDL	< 0.001	0.60	0.64	0.57	0.52	0.40	0.45	< 0.001	0.62	0.74	0.59	0.54	0.38	0.46
Triglycerides	< 0.001	0.73	0.45	0.70	0.56	0.37	0.59	< 0.001	0.72	0.48	0.69	0.55	0.36	0.58
Glucose	< 0.001	0.26	0.37	0.27	0.46	0.46	0.44	< 0.001	0.25	0.31	0.27	0.45	0.47	0.45

^*Chi-square test (5 df) p-value of the equivalency of the factor loadings across the six groups

NHW = Non-Hispanic White; NHB = Non-Hispanic Black; Hisp = Hispanic