Waist Circumference as Measure of Abdominal Fat Compartments
Table 1
Subject characteristics.
Men
Women
Black
White
Hispanic
Black
White
Hispanic
Number of subjects
579
434
199
767
449
272
Age (years)
46 (10)a
45 (9)a
41 (9)a
45 (10)
46 (10)
41 (9)a
BMI (kg/m2)
29.5 (6.8)
28.9 (5.5)
29.4 (4.6)
32.9 (8.3)a
28.6 (6.9)b
30.9 (7.4)
Waist circumference (cm)
101 (14)
103 (14)b
99 (11)
100.7 (17.2)d
91.4 (15.8)
94.5 (16.2)
Hip circumference (cm)
106 (14)
106 (11)
102 (8)a
115.6 (16.4)d
109.4 (14.9)
109.5 (15.3)
Glucose (mg/dL)
108 (52)
98 (29)c
104 (34)
103.5 (48.3)
95.4 (31.6)b
107.6 (48.5)
Insulin (pmol/L) median (IQ)
85 (103)
75 (82)b
91 (83)
106 (94)
68 (75)b
103 (100)
HOMA2-IR (%) median (IQ)
1.63 (1.93)
1.42 (1.51)b
1.72 (1.58)
3.63 (3.77)
2.23 (2.75)b
3.51 (3.60)
Triglycerides (mg/dL) median (IQ)
121 (120)d
157 (121)
170 (131)
80 (52)d
98 (75)
111 (77)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
50 (15)d
42 (10)
42 (10)
54 (15)
55 (17)
49 (12)a
Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
128 (43)d
142 (39)
145 (41)
125 (41)
128 (38)
129 (38)
Systolic blood pressure (Hg mm)
132 (18)d
127 (13)e
124 (13)
120 (15)d
124 (16)
129 (19)
Diastolic blood pressure (Hg mm)
79 (10)
79 (9)
76 (9)a
80 (10)d
76 (9)
78 (9)
% Metabolic syndrome
30.0
33.9
35.0
42.4
31.5
39.3
% Diabetes mellitus
13.2
5.6
9.7
11.3
5.6
10.8
Significantly different from Blacks and Whites; ; bsignificantly different from Blacks and Hispanics; ; csignificantly different from Blacks; ; dsignificantly different from Whites and Hispanic; ; esignificantly different from Hispanics; .
