African-American Men (N23)

Caucasian Men (N36)

Pa

Mean

Range

Mean

Range

Age (yrs)

21.00 ± 2.93

13.00

21.91 ± 3.33

14.00

0.27

Height (cm)

173.95 ± 8.75

35.00

176.19 ± 5.36

27.00

0.22

Body mass (kg)

76.91 ± 9.48

39.00

77.72 ± 11.35

56.00

0.76

BMI (kg/m2)b

25.44 ± 2.71

10.72

25.01 ± 3.26

15.02

0.59

Alpha-index (ms/mmHg)

10.35 ± 3.80

16.86

13.36 ± 5.76

25.46

0.03

SBP (mm Hg)c

112.47 ± 7.00

28.00

111.80 ± 8.11

30.00

0.73

DBP (mm Hg)d

67.21 ± 6.76

20.00

67.22 ± 6.59

22.00

0.99

Cf-PWV (m/s)e

6.30 ± 0.96

3.80

6.08 ± 0.87

4.30

0.38

VO2max (mL∙kg−1∙min−1)f

45.14 ± 6.33

28.00

52.19 ± 7.58

37.10

<0.001g