Bean Consumption Accounts for Differences in Body Fat and Waist Circumference: A Cross-Sectional Study of 246 Women

Table 1

Percentiles for the exposure and outcome variables (n = 246).

Variable	Percentile
	5^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	95^th
Legumes (cups/yr)	6.0	20.5	35.0	60.0	139.0
Legumes (cups/1000 kcal/yr)	3.0	10.0	17.6	33.7	72.0
Bean construct (factor scores)	−0.9	−0.6	−0.3	0.3	1.7
Body fat percentage (%)	19.1	26.4	33.0	38.1	42.6
Waist circumference (cm)	69.0	74.3	80.9	91.0	99.8

Cups/yr: total cups of beans and legumes consumed per year. Cups/1000 kcal/yr: cups of beans and legumes consumed per 1000 kcal per year. Body fat percentage is expressed as a percentage × 100 . cm: centimeter.