Body Fat and Body-Mass Index among a Multiethnic Sample of College-Age Men and Women

Table 2

Study population characteristics according to race/ethnicity and according to race/ethnicity and gender.

Characteristic	Asian		White		Hispanic		Other		𝑃 value
	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.
	Overall study population
Age (years)	21.16	1.31	21.66	2.14	21.93	2.12	21.52	1.45	0.0001
Height (cm)	165.89	8.78	172.49	8.99	168.48	9.91	168.91	9.53	0.0001
Body weight (kg)	61.79	13.08	69.07	14.16	69.80	17.07	68.36	16.15	0.0001
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.31	3.37	23.09	3.60	24.32	4.70	23.84	4.40	0.0010
Percent body fat	24.57	6.97	23.67	6.55	27.30	6.73	25.81	7.06	0.0020
Fat mass (kg)	15.17	5.51	16.41	6.4	19.19	7.54	17.57	6.91	0.0600
Fat-free mass (kg)	46.62	10.82	53.31	10.93	50.69	12.59	50.85	12.76	0.0001
	Males
Age (years)	21.12	1.36	21.95	2.69	22.71	3.00	21.51	1.66	0.0020
Height (cm)	174.22	6.30	179.02	2.81	177.44	7.14	176.53	7.21	0.0001
Body weight (kg)	72.33	13.37	78.04	11.17	82.46	15.49	78.88	13.83	0.0001
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.74	3.73	24.38	3.23	25.85	4.54	25.36	3.74	0.0020
Percent body fat	18.86	7.73	19.62	5.86	22.74	6.36	21.81	5.95	0.0005
Fat mass (kg)	14.26	7.40	15.74	6.28	19.38	8.37	17.30	6.96	0.0005
Fat-free mass (kg)	58.03	7.49	62.30	7.58	63.30	9.30	61.60	9.37	0.0010
	Females
Age (years)	21.19	1.29	21.43	1.56	21.50	1.28	21.54	1.26	0.0600
Height (cm)	161.24	6.15	167.36	6.71	163.58	7.49	162.59	5.92	0.0001
Body weight (kg)	55.92	8.41	62.02	12.16	62.90	13.68	59.65	12.32	0.0001
BMI (kg/m^2)	21.51	2.87	22.07	3.56	23.48	4.62	22.58	4.51	0.0009
Percent body fat	27.75	4.71	26.85	5.17	29.78	5.58	29.12	6.15	0.0008
Fat mass (kg)	15.67	4.11	16.94	6.47	19.09	7.14	17.79	6.90	0.0010
Fat-free mass (kg)	40.26	6.18	45.09	7.26	43.81	7.97	41.96	7.26	0.0001

BMI: body-mass index.