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Self‐identified race, gender and their anthropometric correlates of cardiometabolic risk among healthy university students
Author(s) -
Nichols Selby SD,
Dalrymple Nequesha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.855.2
Subject(s) - waist , anthropometry , medicine , african descent , body mass index , demography , cholesterol , metabolic syndrome , risk factor , blood pressure , obesity , sociology , anthropology
In this study we investigated the race and gender associated anthropometric correlates of cardiometabolic risk among disease free University students. Participation was voluntary. Participants had blood pressure, anthropometry, and fasting blood lipids and sugars measured using standard procedures. Results 318 persons participated in the study including (African descent (A) =156; East Indian descent=93; Mixed descent=69). Participants of African descent had significantly higher HDL – cholesterol than their East Indian counterparts. Females of African descent were also more likely to have HDL‐cholesterol less than 50mg/dl and elevated total cholesterol to HDL‐cholesterol ratio greater than their mixed descent counterparts (62% vs. 36%; p=0.03).Males of African descent were significantly likely than their mixed descent counterparts to have BMI>;30 (18% vs. 4%) while males of African descent were more likely than their East Indian counterparts to have elevated SBP. Males had significantly lower mean HDL than their female counterparts. Waist circumference, BMI, percentage body fat and waist/height ratio were all positive correlated to an increased risk for metabolic syndrome (i.e. having three or more cardiometabolic risk factors. Conclusion Our findings suggest strong associations among anthropometric variables and cardiometabolic risk factor level that were gender and race specific.