. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 Feb 9;5(6):1230–1237. doi: 10.1007/s40615-018-0469-y

Table 2.

Comparison of Demographic and Health Characteristics by Body Habitus Characteristics

Characteristic	Under-weight/Normal	Over-weight	Obese	WC Low	WC High	WHtR Low	WHtR High
Sex (%)
Female	378	843	1821	758	2284	402	2640
Female	(54.6%)^*	(54.4%)^*	(72.3%)^*	(42.6%)^*	(76.7%)^*	(55.8%)^*	(65.4%)^*
Male	314	706	696	1023	693	319	1397
Male	(45.4%)^*	(45.6%)^*	(27.7%)^*	(57.4%)^*	(23.3%)^*	(44.2%)^*	(34.6%)^*
Age (Mean, SD)	55.1	56.3	54.3	53.6	55.9	50.9	55.8
Age (Mean, SD)	(14.7)^*	(12.8)^*	(12.3)^*	(13.4)^*	(12.5)^*	(13.7)^*	(12.6)^*
Age Group (Years, %)
<45	192	341	629	517	645	261	901
<45	(27.7%)^*	(22.0%)^*	(25.0%)^*	(29.0%)^*	(21.7%)^*	(36.2%)^*	(22.3%)^*
45 – < 65	304	796	1361	885	1576	343	2118
45 – < 65	(43.9%)^*	(51.4%)^*	(54.1%)^*	(49.7%)^*	(52.9%)^*	(47.6%)^*	(52.5%)^*
≥65	196	412	527	379	756	117	1018
≥65	(28.3%)^*	(26.6%)^*	(20.9%)^*	(21.3%)^*	(25.4%)^*	(16.2%)^*	(25.2%)^*
Triglycerides, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	83.9	99.8	108.2	90.2	109.0	76.4	106.5
Triglycerides, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	(47.9)^*	(54.1)^*	(55.5)^*	(50.9)^*	(55.6)^*	(41.0)^*	(55.5)^*
Triglycerides, mg/dL (%)
Low	633	1319	2067	1599	2420	683	3336
Low	(91.5%)^*	(85.2%)^*	(82.1%)^*	(89.8%)^*	(81.3%)^*	(94.7%)^*	(82.6%)^*
High	59	230	450	182	557	38	701
High	(8.5%)^*	(14.9%)^*	(17.9%)^*	(10.2%)^*	(18.7%)^*	(5.3%)^*	(17.4%)^*
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	196.4	200.3	198.8	197.0	200.1	194.7	199.7
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	(41.9)	(39.9)	(38.8)	(40.4)^*	(39.1)^*	(39.7)^*	(39.6)^*
LDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	121.4	128.3	127.0	125.5	127.3	121.3	127.6
LDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	(37.7)^*	(36.9)^*	(36.0)^*	(37.2)	(36.3)	(36.0)^*	(36.6)^*
LDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL (%)
Low	587	1259	2088	1487	2447	618	3316
Low	(84.8%)	(81.3%)	(83.0%)	(83.5%)	(82.2%)	(85.7%)^*	(82.1%)^*
High	105	290	429	294	530	103	721
High	(15.2%)	(18.7%)	(17.0%)	(16.5%)	(17.8%)	(14.3%)^*	(17.9%)^*
HDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	58.2	52.0	50.2	53.4	51.0	58.1	50.8
HDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL (Mean, SD)	(17.4)^*	(14.2)^*	(13.5)^*	(15.5)^*	(14.0)^*	(16.6)^*	(14.0)^*
HDL-Cholesterol, mg/dL (%)
High	602	1254	1781	1528	2109	648	2989
High	(87.0%)^*	(81.0%)^*	(70.8%)^*	(85.8%)^*	(70.8%)^*	(89.9%)^*	(74.0%)^*
Low	90	295	736	253	868	73	1048
Low	(13.0%)^*	(19.0%)^*	(29.2%)^*	(14.2%)^*	(29.2%)^*	(10.1%)^*	(26.0%)^*
Diabetes (%)
No	655	1319	1903	1630	2247	697	3180
No	(94.7%)^*	(85.2%)^*	(75.6%)^*	(91.5%)^*	(75.5%)^*	(96.7%)^*	(78.8%)^*
Yes	37	230	614	151	730	24	857
Yes	(5.3%)^*	(14.8%)^*	(24.4%)^*	(8.5%)^*	(24.5%)^*	(3.3%)^*	(21.2%)^*
Hypertension, mmHg (%)
No	371	668	862	916	985	431	1470
No	(53.5%)^*	(43.2%)^*	(34.2%)^*	(51.4%)^*	(33.1%)^*	(59.8%)^*	(36.4%)^*
Yes	321	881	1655	865	1992	290	2567
Yes	(46.4%)^*	(56.9%)^*	(65.8%)^*	(48.6%)^*	(66.9%)^*	(40.2%)^*	(63.6%)^*
Total Risk Factors (Mean, SD)	0.9	1.2	1.5	1.0	1.6	0.7	1.5
Total Risk Factors (Mean, SD)	(0.9)^*	(1.0)^*	(1.1)^*	(0.9)^*	(1.1)^*	(0.8)^*	(1.1)^*
Risk Factor Categories (%)
0–1	544	1006	1347	1346	1551	602	2295
0–1	(78.6%)^*	(64.9%)^*	(53.5%)^*	(75.6%)^*	(52.1%)^*	(83.5%)^*	(56.8%)^*
2+	148	543	1170	435	1426	119	1742
2+	(21.4%)^*	(35.1%)^*	(46.5%)^*	(24.4%)^*	(47.9%)^*	(16.5%)^*	(43.2%)^*

Comparisons are within each category of the body composition measure; P < 0.05