Haren et al. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:454 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/454 Table 1 Metabolic and behavioral characteristics of the study population, by ethnicity and sex Aboriginal (n = 1641) TSI (n = 968) Mean or No. 95% CI Mean or No. 95% CI N = 881 N = 471 37.4 (15.5) 36.4- 38.4 38.3 (16.0) 36.9-39.75 92.2 (16.5) 91.1- 93.3 103.6 (15.6) 102.1-105.1 25.5 (6.6) 25.2-25.9 31.0 (6.7) 30.5-31.4 125.5 (17.0) 124.1-126. 9 130.3 (16.1) 128.4-132.3 69.7 (13.5) 68.8-70.6 67.8 (12.2) 66.7-68.9 4.8 (1.0) 4.7- 4.82 4.8 (1.0) 4.75- 4.9 1.16 (0.3) 1.14-1.18 1.11 (0.2) 1.09-1.13 39.2 (47.1) 36.0-42.4 27.2 (21.1) 25.3-29.1 5.5 (2.5) 5.4-5.7 6.2 (3.1) 5.9-6.5 1.7 (1.2) 1.6-1.73 1.5 (1.1) 1.4- 1.6 205 (23.6) 158 (18.2) 507 (58.3) 405 (46.0) 237 (26.9) 239 (27.1) 490 (56.0) 526 (62.4) 356 (67.7) 164 (18.6) 181 (21.2) 114 (12.9 ) 353 (40.1) 268 (34.3) N = 760 36.6(14.9) 89.7 (14.6) 24.5 (5.6) 130.8 (19.5) 74.2 (13.8) 5.0 (1.1) 1.2 (0.4) 71.0 (85.6) 5.4 (2.1) 2.1 (1.9) 486 (64.1) 130 (17.2) 142(18.7) 856 (52.2) 417 (25.4) 368 (22.4) 516 (68.8) 607 (82.3 ) 20.5-26.1 15.4-20.4 55.5-62.1 42.7-49.3 24.0-29.8 24.2-30.1 52.7-59.3 59.2-65.7 63.7-71.7 16.0-21.2 18.4-23.9 10.7-15.2 36.9-43.4 31.0-37.6 35.5-37.7 88.7-90.8 24.1-24.9 129.6-132.0 73.2-75.2 4.9- 5.04 1.17-1.22 64.8-77.3 5.2-5.5 2.0- 2.2 60.5-67.4 14.4-19.9 16.2-21.7 49.7-54.6 23.3-27.5 20.4-24.4 65.5-72.1 79.5-85.0 43 (9.1) 40 (8.5) 388 (82.4) 76 (16.1) 109 (23.1) 286 (60.7) 211 (44.8) 233 (51.1) 112 (48.1) 117 (24.8) 36 (7.8) 107 (22.7) 246 (52.2) 171(37.7) N = 497 37.5 (15.2) 100.7 (15.0) 29.8 (5.8) 136.3 (19.1) 73.4 (13.1) 5.2 (1.0) 1.1 (0.3) 46.0 (49.2) 6.0 (2.8) 1.9 (1.4) 156 (31.5) 111 (22.4) 228 (46.1) 178 (18.4) 287 (29.7) 503 (52.0) 274 (55.5) 369 (75.3) 6.5-11.7 6.0-11.0 78.9-85.8 12.8-19.5 19.3-27.0 48.8-55.1 40.3-49.3 46.5-55.7 41.6-54.5 20.9-28.7 5.4-10.3 18.9-26.5 47.7-56.7 33.2-42.1 36.2-38. 9 99.4-102.1 29.2-30.3 134.8-137.7 72.3-74.6 5.1- 5.3 1.102-1.15 41.6-50.4 5.7-6.2 1.7-2.0 27.3-35.5 18.7-26.0 78.9-85.8 15.9-20.8 26.8-32.5 48.8-55.1 51.1-59.9 71.5-79.1 Female Age, years (SD) WC, cm (SD) * BMI, kg/m2 (SD)* SBP, mmHg (SD)* DBP, mmHg (SD)* T Chol, mmol/L (SD) HDL, mmol/L (SD) * GGT, U/L (SD) * FPG, mmol/L (SD)* Trigs, mmol/L (SD)‡* Abdominal obesity † (%)* Normal Overweight Obesity BMI (%)* <25 25-30 30+ Smokers (%)* Drinking (%) * Risky drinking † (%) * Physically active † (%)* GGT ≥50 U/L (%) * Diabetes (%)* Metabolic syndrome † (%) * Adverse MR cluster profile † (%) Male Age, years (SD) WC, cm (SD) * BMI, kg/m2 (SD)* SBP, mmHg (SD)* DBP, mmHg (SD) T Chol, mmol/L (SD)* HDL, mmol/L (SD) * GGT, U/L (SD) * FPG, mmol/L (SD)* Trigs, mmol/L (SD)‡* Abdominal obesity † (%)* Normal Overweight Obesity BMI (%)* <25 25-30 30+ Smokers (%)* Drinking (%) * Page 4 of 10 Overall (N = 2609) Mean or No. 37.7 (15.7) 96.2 (17.4) 27.6 (7.1) 127.2 (21.3) 69.0 (13.1) 4.8 (1.0) 1.1 (0.3) 35.0 (40.4) 5.8 (2.7) 1.6 (1.1) 248 (18.5) 198 (14.8) 895 (66.7) 481 (35.6) 346 (25.6) 525 (38.8) 701 (52.1) 759 (58.5) 468 (61.7) 281 (20.8) 217 (16.5) 221 (16.4) 595 (44.3) 439 (35.6) 37.0 (15.1) 94.1 (15.7) 26.6 (6.2) 130.0 (16.9) 73.9 (13.5) 5.1 (1.1) 1.2 (0.3) 61.0 (74.2) 5.6 (2.4) 2.0 (1.8) 642 (51.2) 241 (19.2) 370 (29.5) 1034 (39.6) 704 (27.0) 871 (33.4) 1491 (57.6) 976 (79.5)