The vitamin D paradox in Black Americans: a systems-based approach to investigating clinical practice, research, and public health - expert panel meeting report

Table 1 Body composition variables for Black and White Americans [9]

Variable	Blacks % (SE)	Whites % (SE)	B/W	P-value ^a
Mineral	4.37 (.052)	4.10 (.037)	1.066	.0001
Fat	34.1 (.97)	35.6 (.63)	0.958	.054
Protein	13.9 (.097)	13.4 (.078)	1.037	.0001
Water	47.6 (.37)	46.9 (.27)	1.015	.025

Values given are at Age 47.7, Height 163.6 cm, Weight 66.9 kg. Values are percent of total body weight, obtained by using separate equations for the weight of each compartment and then computing the percentage of the total compartments
^a The P-value given is the result of Student’s t-test on the difference between the percentages

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