Research Article
Comparison of Relative Waist Circumference between Asian Indian and US Adults
Table 1
Mean (sd) anthropometric variables by population.
| | | Male | Female | | | African American | Mexican American | Caucasian | Asian Indian | African American | Mexican American | Caucasian | Asian Indian |
| | 884 | 1043 | 799 | 7577 | 1131 | 1098 | 1021 | 8152 | | Height (cm) | 176.9 (7.13) | 170.0 (6.51) | 177.5 (6.68) | 164.7 (7.63) | 163.6 (6.42) | 157.4 (6.10) | 164.0 (6.51) | 156.3 (7.05) | | Weight (kg) | 82.5 (19.12) | 75.4 (13.91) | 81.3 (16.64) | 59.2 (10.29) | 74.5 (19.68) | 67.3 (16.01) | 67.3 (16.97) | 54.7 (10.18) | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.3 (5.56) | 26.0 (4.30) | 25.7 (4.70) | 21.8 (3.80) | 27.8 (7.04) | 27.1 (6.15) | 25.0 (6.08) | 22.4 (4.45) | | Waist (cm) | 88.7 (14.54) | 90.2 (11.17) | 91.7 (12.71) | 78.5 (10.10) | 89.3 (16.20) | 88.0 (14.29) | 83.5 (14.86) | 77.6 (10.59) | | Hip (cm) | 99.3 (11.13) | 96.4 (7.84) | 99.0 (8.86) | 87.8 (9.74) | 104.6 (13.82) | 101.3 (12.38) | 100.5 (12.61) | 89.6 (11.33) | | Waist/hip | 0.89 (0.07) | 0.93 (0.06) | 0.92 (0.06) | 0.90 (0.07) | 0.85 (0.08) | 0.87 (0.07) | 0.83 (0.08) | 0.87 (0.08) | | BSA [32] | 2.00 (0.24) | 1.88 (0.19) | 1.99 (0.22) | 1.64 (0.16) | 1.83 (0.25) | 1.70 (0.21) | 1.74 (0.22) | 1.53 (0.15) |
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