Table 2.
Body build, blood pressure, and pulse rate in South Asian and white children. Figures are means (SE)
| South Asian§(n=227) | White (n=3415)§ |
Difference (95% CI)
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjustment 1§ | Adjustment 2¶ | |||
| Height (cm) | 140.5 (0.5) | 140.9 (0.1) | −0.4 (−1.4 to 0.6) | — |
| Weight (kg) | 34.5 (0.6) | 35.8 (0.1) | −1.3 (−2.5 to −0.1)* | — |
| Ponderal index (kg/m3) | 12.27 (0.15) | 12.70 (0.03) | −0.43 (−0.73 to −0.13)† | — |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 111.7 (0.9) | 112.4 (0.2) | −0.6 (−2.4 to 1.1) | 0.3 (−1.3 to 1.9) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 66.6 (0.5) | 65.5 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.0 to 2.2) | 1.4 (0.3 to 2.5)* |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 84.9 (0.9) | 81.5 (0.2) | 3.4 (1.6 to 5.2)‡ | 3.7 (1.9 to 5.5)‡ |
| Waist circumference (cm)** | 61.2 (1.0) | 61.0 (0.2) | 0.3 (−1.7 to 2.3) | — |
| Hip circumference (cm)** | 75.6 (0.9) | 76.3 (0.2) | −0.7 (−2.5 to 1.2) | — |
| Waist:hip ratio** | 0.807 (0.006) | 0.799 (0.001) | 0.008 (−0.005 to 0.021) | — |
*
0.01⩽P<0.05.
†
0.005⩽P<0.01.
‡
P<0.005.
§
Adjusted for age, sex, and town.
¶
Adjusted for age, sex, town, childhood height, and ponderal index (not carried out for body build measures).
**
No=86 for South Asian children and 1415 for white children.