|
Indian Men
|
Caucasian Men
|
P
|
Indian Women
|
Caucasian Women
|
P
|
---|
N
|
54
|
32
| |
28
|
51
| |
Born in Canada (yes/no) %
|
0/52 0%
|
29/3 90.6%
|
< 0.001†
|
1/27 3.6%
|
38/13 74.5%
|
< 0.001†
|
Diabetes (yes/no) %
|
8/42 16.0%
|
1/31 3.1%
|
NS†
|
0/27 0%
|
0/51 0%
|
NS†
|
Smoking (yes/no) %
|
4/46 8.0%
|
9/23 28.1%
|
NS†
|
1/26 3.7%
|
25/25 50.0%
|
0.01†
|
Age (years)
|
42.9 ± 1.34
|
38.3 ± 1.73
|
0.04*
|
43.0 ± 1.95
|
40.3 ± 1.55
|
NS*
|
BMI (kg/m
2
)
|
28.3 ± 0.58
|
26.6 ± 0.70
|
NS*
|
28.7 ± 0.86
|
25.8 ± 0.72
|
0.01*
|
BF%
|
21.6 ± 0.65
|
17.6 ± 0.89
|
0.0005*
|
40.1 ± 1.52
|
33.6 ± 1.23
|
0.002*
|
WHR
|
0.93 ± 0.01
|
0.86 ± 0.01
|
< 0.0001*
|
0.88 ± 0.01
|
0.77 ± 0.01
|
< 0.0001*
|
WC (cm)
|
100.4 ± 1.3
|
91.1 ± 2.1
|
0.0002*
|
94.4 ± 2.3
|
83.0 ± 2.2
|
0.001*
|
HC (cm)
|
108.3 ± 0.9
|
106.3 ± 1.2
|
NS*
|
107.0 ± 2.0
|
106.4 ± 1.6
|
NS*
|
apoB (g/L)
|
1.00 ± 0.03
|
0.79 ± 0.05
|
0.0005*
|
0.92 ± 0.04
|
0.77 ± 0.03
|
0.002*
|
apoA1 (g/L)
|
1.19 ± 0.03
|
1.23 ± 0.04
|
NS*
|
1.30 ± 0.05
|
1.44 ± 0.04
|
0.05*
|
TC (mmol/L)
|
5.23 ± 0.13
|
4.79 ± 0.19
|
NS*
|
5.27 ± 0.16
|
5.02 ± 0.13
|
NS*
|
HDL-C (mmol/l)
|
0.97 ± 0.03
|
1.24 ± 0.05
|
< 0.0001*
|
1.13 ± 0.05
|
1.51 ± 0.06
|
< 0.0001*
|
TC/HDL-C
|
5.44 ± 0.21
|
3.90 ± 0.23
|
< 0.0001*
|
4.64 ± 0.24
|
3.37 ± 0.16
|
< 0.0001*
|
apoB/apo A1
|
0.85 ± 0.03
|
0.66 ± 0.04
|
0.0002*
|
0.73 ± 0.04
|
0.56 ± 0.03
|
0.0003*
|
- BMI = body mass index; BF% = body fat percentage; WHR = waist to hip ratio; WC = waist circumference; HC = hip circumference; apoB = apolipoprotein B; apoA1 = apolipoprotein A1; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC/HDL-C = TC to HDL-C ratio; apoB/apoA1 = apoB to apoA1 ratio.