Associations of the lactase persistence allele and lactose intake with body composition among multiethnic children

Table 4 Association of phenotypes and LP allele by ethnicity

Phenotype	European-Americans		African-Americans		Hispanic-Americans
Phenotype	p value	β coefficient	p value	β coefficient	p value	β coefficient
Body mass index (BMI)	0.1260	0.0036	0.2348	0.0024	0.2434	0.0022
Fat mass index (FMI)	0.0808	0.8670	0.4145	0.3860	0.1372	0.3963
Bone mass index (BMCi)	0.9371	−0.0026	0.1776	0.0452	0.7302	0.0105
Lean mass index	0.0235*	0.0775	0.7637	−0.0098	0.7837	−0.0078
Percent total fat	0.3868	0.1087	0.2397	0.1222	0.0787	0.1472
Leg adiposity	0.3166	0.0140	0.5724	0.0679	0.0973	0.1628
Percent leg fat	0.1570	0.1457	0.4113	0.0768	0.1056	0.1089
Trunk adiposity	0.8720	0.0307	0.2960	0.1580	0.0723	0.2510
Percent trunk fat	0.6508	0.0701	0.2799	0.1327	0.0632	0.1889
Waist circumference	0.2689	0.0006	0.1837	0.0006	0.1149	0.0008

* p value <0.05
^aAll models adjusted for the following covariates: tanner stage, sex, age, ethnic group, total daily energy intake, genetic admixture, and socioeconomic status

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