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Table 2 Anthropometric measures in Caucasian and black women with RA

From: Obesity and carotid atherosclerosis in African black and Caucasian women with established rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

Anthropometric measures

Caucasian women

(n= 95)

Black women

P a

(n= 108)

Height, cm

163 (7)

159 (7)

0.08

Body weight, kg

67.2 (15.2)

75.8 (16.3)

0.03

BMI, kg/m2

25.3 (4.9)

29.9 (6.6)

0.002

Waist circumference, cm

87 (13)

94 (14)

0.06

Waist÷height

0.53 (0.08)

0.59 (0.09)

0.01

Hip circumferenceb

101 (1)

110 (1)

0.2

Waist÷hip

0.84 (0.08)

0.85 (1.12)

0.4

  1. Results are expressed as mean (SD). aP-value adjusted for age and healthcare center; b non-normally distributed variable for which geometric mean (SD) is given. BMI, body mass index; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

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