Table 6 |
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Ethnic dependence of BMI versus fat fraction for females. |
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| N |
Age range (ave) |
BMI range (ave) |
Ave Fat Fract. (SD) |
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| Caucasian |
129 |
20 – 57 (37.4) |
22 – 34 (25.42) |
0.321 (0.071) |
|
|
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| Black |
95 |
20 – 52 (37.8) |
20 – 34 (26.57) |
0.328 (0.074) (NS) |
|
|
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| Hispanic |
37 |
20 – 60 (36.1) |
20 – 34 (25.40) |
0.311 (0.09) (NS) |
|
|
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| Puerto Rican |
41 |
20 – 52 (35.7) |
20 – 30 (26.18) |
0.348 (0.058) (p < .05) |
|
|
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| Caucasian |
153 |
23 – 53 (35.41) |
17 – 25 (21.72) |
0.257 (.061) |
|
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| Asian |
35 |
23 – 53 (36.7) |
17 – 28 (21.25) |
0.282 (.066) (p = 0.07) |
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The age range of the Caucasians was adjusted to match the age range of the comparison group. The p values are for comparisons between the ethnic group and Caucasians. | ||||
Levitt et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:7 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-7 |
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