Table 2 |
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Anthropometric characteristics and health indicators of 12,105 women participating in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study, stratified by race and geographic region1 |
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Anthropometric characteristics and health indicators |
Stroke Belt |
Stroke Belt |
Other (non-stroke buckle or belt) |
P value between regions2 |
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Black (n = 971) |
White (n = 1,905) |
P value |
Black (n = 1,600) |
White (n = 2,603) |
P value |
Black (n = 2,237) |
White (n = 2,789) |
P value |
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Weight, kg, mean ± SD |
87.6 ± 21 |
74.8 ± 17 |
<0.001 |
86.5 ± 21 |
74.3 ± 17 |
<0.001 |
84.3 ± 20 |
74.9 ± 18 |
0.001 |
0.92 |
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Height, cm, mean ± SD |
163.9 ± 7 |
163.1 ± 7 |
0.003 |
164 ± 7 |
163.2 ± 7 |
<0.001 |
163.1 ± 7 |
162.6 ± 7 |
0.02 |
<0.001 |
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Waist, cm, mean ± SD |
97.2 ± 15.8 |
88.4 ± 15.2 |
0.001 |
97.4 ± 15.7 |
88.1 ± 15.2 |
<0.001 |
96.1 ± 15.7 |
89.1 ± 16.2 |
<0.001 |
0.05 |
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BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD |
32.5 ± 7.3 |
28.1 ± 6.2 |
0.001 |
32.1 ± 7.1 |
27.8 ± 6.2 |
<0.001 |
31.5 ± 7.1 |
28.2 ± 6.2 |
<0.001 |
0.19 |
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BMI weight group |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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Overweight, % |
27.7 |
32.4 |
30.2 |
32.9 |
32.0 |
34.7 |
0.02 |
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Obese, % |
58.5 |
32.7 |
56.1 |
30.1 |
52.8 |
31.7 |
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Hypertension, % |
71.7 |
50.9 |
<0.001 |
74.5 |
48.2 |
<0.001 |
71.4 |
45.7 |
<0.001 |
0.58 |
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Diabetes, % |
30.9 |
13.8 |
<0.001 |
30.0 |
13.0 |
<0.001 |
24.8 |
9.7 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
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Dyslipidemia, % |
51.0 |
55.6 |
0.02 |
53.2 |
52.5 |
0.67 |
52.3 |
50.9 |
0.34 |
0.10 |
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1Differences within (black vs. white) and between regions (Stroke Buckle vs. Stroke Belt vs. Other) were examined using t tests for continuous variables (age) and chi-square for categorical variables. |
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Newby et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:25 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-25 |
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