Table 1.

Physical characteristics among Caucasians, African Americans, and Asians. (standard error, SE; kilocalorie, kcal; body weight, BW; fat free mass, FFM).

	Caucasians		African Americans		Asians
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Age (years)	31.1a	1.3	21.7b	0.4	36.3c	1.2
Body weight (kg)	73.8a	1.7	77.1a	1.9	65.9b	1.5
Height (m)	1.72a	0.01	1.67b	0.01	1.68b	0.01
%Fat	23.3a	1.0	26.5a	1.2	26.4a	0.7
Preferred Speed (mile/h)	4.6a	0.2	4.4a	0.2	4.4a	0.2
Fat mass (kg)	15.9a	1.0	20.5b	1.2	17.0a	0.6
Fat free mass (kg)	56.0a	1.3	55.1a	1.4	47.7b	1.2
kcal·mile−1	102.3a	2.0	111.3b	3.0	100.2a	2.2
kcal·mile−1kgBW−1	1.4a	0.0	1.5a	0.0	1.5b	0.0
kcal·mile−1kgFFM−1	1.9a	0.0	2.0b	0.0	2.1b	0.0

Different letters (a, b, or c) indicate significant differences (p ​< ​0.05) between groups. The same letter indicates the variables are not significantly different.