Review Article
Obesity and African Americans: Physiologic and Behavioral Pathways
Table 2
Participant characteristics by ethnicity (mean ± SD).
| | | Caucasians
(n = 50) | African Americans
(n = 99) |
| | Anthropometrics |
| | Height (cm) | 173.3 ± 10.4 | 170.1 ± 10.2 | | Weight (kg) | 83.3 ± 19.4 | 80.4 ± 16.8 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.5 ± 05.2 | 27.6 ± 04.5 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 88.1 ± 15.4 | 87.7 ± 12.0 | | Percent body fat | 30.5 ± 09.6 | 31.9 ± 08.2 |
| | Metabolic characteristics |
| | Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 5.3 ± 00.7 | 5.1 ± 00.7 | | Fasting insulin (μU/mL)* | 10.2 ± 07.5 | 12.4 ± 07.8 | | HOMA-IR | 2.4 ± 01.9 | 2.9 ± 02.0 | | Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 123 ± 11.4 | 124 ± 13.0 | | Diastolic BP (mm Hg) | 68 ± 08.6 | 69 ± 09.1 | | Triglycerides (mmol/L)** | 1.19 ± 55.2 | 0.77 ± 0.49 | | HDL-C (mmol/L)* | 1.10 ± 0.29 | 1.21 ± 0.32 |
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Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR); blood pressure (BP); high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).
Note: Ethnic differences significant at *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001.
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