Table 1 Anthropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics (means (s.d.)) of the sample stratified by gender and ethnicity

From: Abdominal adiposity depots are correlates of adverse cardiometabolic risk factors in Caucasian and African-American adults

 

Overall

Males

Females

  

African American

Caucasian

African American

Caucasian

Mean (s.d.)

N

1246

100

406

311

429

Age (years)

44.5 (13.1)

36.5 (13.8)a

44.4 (13.5)

40.2 (11.6)a

49.6 (11.5)

BMI (kg m−2)

29.7 (5.1)

29.3 (5.2)

30.0 (4.6)

30.6 (5.4)a

29.0 (5.1)

SBP (mm Hg)

120.5 (13.1)

122.1 (11.1)

121.6 (12.1)

119.0 (13.7)

120.0 (13.9)

DBP (mm Hg)

76.6 (8.4)

76.8 (9.1)

78.0 (8.2)

77.2 (8.8)a

74.9 (7.8)

Glucose (mmol l−1)

5.6 (1.0)

5.6 (0.9)

5.8 (1.2)

5.5 (0.9)

5.5 (0.8)

Triglycerides (mmol l−1)

1.5 (0.9)

1.2 (0.8)a

1.8 (1.1)

1.0 (0.6)a

1.5 (0.9)

HDL-C (mmol l−1)

1.4 (0.4)

1.2 (0.3)

1.2 (0.3)

1.5 (0.4)

1.5 (0.4)

SAT (cm2)

374.1 (153.6)

283.0 (163.0)

309.1 (136.8)

441.8 (147.9)a

407.7 (136.0)

VAT (cm2)

117.8 (64.9)

90.3 (57.9)a

140.9 (70.8)

91.0 (49.2)a

121.8 (61.2)

FM (kg)

28.4 (9.7)

21.3 (9.9)a

25.9 (9.2)

31.3 (9.4)

30.2 (8.9)

%

High glucoseb

39.6

45.0

47.8

34.1

34.5

High BPc

33.5

38.0

34.5

30.9

33.3

Smokingd

4.6

12.0a

2.2

4.8

4.9

Post menopausee

33.8

—

—

11.6a

49.9

  1. Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FM, total body fat mass; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue; SBP, systolic blood pressure; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.
  2. aSignificant at 0.05 between ethnic groups within gender.
  3. bHigh glucose—‘Yes’ if glucose ⩾100 mg dl−1 (55.5 mmol l−1) or self-reported diabetes.
  4. cHigh BP—‘Yes’ if SBP ⩾130 mm Hg or DBP ⩾85 mm Hg or self-reported hypertension.
  5. d Smoking—‘Yes’ if current smoker or self-reported during phone interview for recruitment.
  6. ePost menopause—‘Yes’ if female aged >54 years or reported post menopause.
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