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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 4.

Age & Gender -Adjusted C-Statistic Comparisons Between Body Habitus Measures and CVD Risk Factors

	c-statistic Difference between WHtR and BMI (P-Value)	c-statistic Difference Between WHtR and WC (P-Value)	BMI c-statistic	WC c-statistic	WHTR c-statistic
HDL-Cholesterol	−0.0129	0.0050	0.6224	0.6403	0.6354
HDL-Cholesterol	(p=0.0002)	(p=0.0095)
LDL- Cholesterol	0.0007	−0.0005	0.5411	0.5399	0.5403
LDL- Cholesterol	(p=0.7952)	(p=0.5423)
Triglycerides	−0.0199	−0.0005	0.5969	0.6163	0.6168
Triglycerides	(p<.0001)	(p=0.8161)
Diabetes	−0.0204	0.0012	0.7216	0.7432	0.7420
Diabetes	(p<.0001)	(p=0.5442)
Hypertension	−0.0047	−0.0005	0.7555	0.7597	0.7602
Hypertension	(p=0.0120)	(p=0.5890)
Multiple Risk Factors	−0.0181	0.0007	0.6778	0.6966	0.6959
Multiple Risk Factors	(p<.0001)	(p=0.6456)