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. 2020 Aug 17;151(4):753–762. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa219

TABLE 2.

Participant characteristics at baseline1

All Women Men
Values n Values n Values n P
Age,2 y 35 ± 0.5 157 35 ± 0.6 100 35 ± 0.8 57 0.86
Race,3 % 0.15
 American Indian or Alaskan Native 1 1 0 0 1 2
 Asian 14 10 7 8 7 13
 African American 10 7 6 7 4 8
 White 105 77 68 82 37 70
 Mixed race 6 4 2 2 4 8
Hispanic identity,3 % 11 7 6 6 5 9 0.10
Body weight,2 kg 95.4 ± 1.63 157 92.4 ± 1.99 78 100.0 ± 3.15 51 0.04
BMI,2 kg/m2 32.8 ± 0.5 154 33.7 ± 0.6 97 31.3 ± 0.9 57 0.02
 Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2),3 % 66 43 31 32 35 61 0.01
 Obese,3 %
  30.0–34.9 kg/m2 42 27 31 32 11 19
  35.0–39.9 kg/m2 23 15 18 19 5 9
  ≥40 kg/m2 23 15 17 18 6 11
Visceral abdominal adiposity,2 g 681 ± 23.8 151 694 ± 27.9 96 658 ± 44.0 55 0.47
Subcutaneous abdominal adiposity,2 g 2.15 × 103 ± 60.3 151 2.43 × 103 ± 62.2 96 1.67 × 103 ± 94.6 55 <0.0001
1

Values are as means ± SEMs or counts and percentages. Participant characteristics were analyzed using independent t test or chi-square test to compare differences by sex.

2Independent t test.

3Chi-square test.