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Table 1 Characteristics of native Japanese, Japanese-Americans and Caucasian women.

From: Comparison of performance-based measures among native Japanese, Japanese-Americans in Hawaii and Caucasian women in the United States, ages 65 years and over: a cross-sectional study

 

Native Japanese

Japanese-Americans

Caucasians

 

N = 163

N = 681

N = 9403

Characteristics

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age [range] (years)

70.6 [65–85]

4.9

74.6a [65–92]

4.6

71.6a,b [65–99]

5.3

Height (cm)

147.9

5.2

150.2a

6.1

159.2a,b

6.0

Weight (kg)

49.5

6.7

52.9a

9.3

66.4a,b

12.5

Body mass

22.6

2.7

23.5

4.4

26.2a,b

4.6

index (kg/m2)

      
  1. a; p < 0.05 compared to native Japanese. b; p < 0.05 compared to Japanese-Americans.