. 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 3.

Comparison of Demographic and Health Characteristics by Continuous Body Habitus Measures (Mean, Standard Deviation)

Characteristics	BMI	WC	WHtR
Sex
Female	32.8 (7.6)^*	100.2 9 (16.7)	0.61 (0.10)^*
Male	29.8 (6.1)	101.1 (15.0)	0.57 (0.08)
Age Group (Years)
<45	32.4 (8.4)^*	98.7 (18.1)^*	0.58 (0.11)^*
45 – 64	31.9 (7.1)^*	101.0 (15.7)	0.60 (0.10)^*
≥65	30.6 (6.3)	101.3 (14.8)	0.61 (0.09)
Triglycerides
Low	31.67 (7.4)	99.7 (16.4)	0.59 (0.10)
High	32.5 (6.1)	104.7 (13.7)	0.62 (0.08)
LDL-Cholesterol
Low	31.8 (7.4)	100.4 (16.5)	0.60 (0.10)
High	31.5 (6.3)	100.9 (14.4)	0.60 (0.09)
HDL-Cholesterol
High	31.1 (7.0)^*	99.1 (15.9)^*	0.59 (0.10)^*
Low	33.8 (7.6)	105.0 (15.9)	0.63 (0.10)
Diabetes
No	31.1 (7.1)^*	98.5 (15.6)^*	0.58 (0.09)^*
Yes	34.6 (7.3)	109.2 (15.4)	0.65 (0.10)
Hypertension
No	30.5 (7.0)^*	96.3 (15.6)^*	0.57 (0.09)^*
Yes	32.6 (7.3)	103.3 (15.9)	0.61 (0.10)
Risk Factor Categories
0 – 1	30.7 (7.1)^*	97.2 (15.7)^*	0.58 (0.09)^*
2+	33.3 (7.2)	105.6 (15.5)	0.63 (0.10)

Bottom row for each characteristic was used as the reference group

P<0.05