12. The following data is from my study describing the metabolic syndrome and impaired Qealth-related quality of life and in non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Blacks and Mexican: American Adults. Table 1 Basic characteristics of studied population. Variables Demographic and anthropometric Age (years) Weight (kg) Body mass index (kg/m2) Waist circumference (cm) Sex - males (Z) Education - high school (X) Income less than S20.OOO (X) Marital status - not married (X) Clinical and medical Abdominal obesitv (Z) Elevated glucose (Z) Elevated blood pressure (X) Smoking current (X) Diastolic BP (mmHg) Systolic BP (mmHg) Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) Oral glucose (mg/dl) Triglycerides (mgldl) High-density lipoprotein (mg/dl) Health-related quality of life Poor overall health (Z) Poor physical health (X) Poor mental health (X) NH-White (n 52.2 18.6 82.5=21.2 16.4 49.3 31.1 43B 404 21.0 13.0 121 -E 17.9 1053=23.9 121.1 3.2 134.02124.4 55.7 16.8 17.1 13.0 14-3 294?) NH-Black (n-1107) 49.217.1 24.5 30B 100-n17.s 49.9 256 330 63.6 59-3 32.8 223 14.5 126.3 19.1 107001.2 114.545.0 101.1 55.417.9 14.8 16.0 MA (n- t 116) 47.016.6 78.7 29.7 99.7 13.5 49.3 58.0 29.3 46.4 60.6 35.1 11.7 68.4 13-2 122.5 190 111.838.4 122.5 147.2 50.0 43.0 15.8 12.1 P-value 0001