Ethnic variation in the activity of lipid desaturases and their relationships with cardiovascular risk factors in control women and an at-risk group with previous gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics by ethnic group

	White European n = 89	African Caribbean n = 53	Asian Indian n = 56	ANOVA p
Age	38 (34,41)	36 (32,38) ^*	34 (31,38) ^§	0.002
pGDM (%)	42	45	50	0.6
BMI	23.0 (21.2,27.2)	28.8 (25.3,32.6) ^§	24.9 (22.7,28.4)	<0.001
Waist Circumference	0.76 (0.71,0.86)	0.89 (0.80,0.98) ^†	0.81 (0.74,0.89)	0.004
Waist Hip Ratio	0.78 (0.74,0.82)	0.82 (0.76,0.86)	0.80 (0.76,0.87)	0.1
Systolic BP (mmHg)	113.7 (14.6)	120.1 (15.5)	110.8 (13.6)	0.009
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	70.2 (9.4)	78.7 (19.0) ^†	70.5 (9.7)	0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.5 (4.1,5.0)	4.5 (4.0,5.2)	5.0 (4.3,5.4)	0.1
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.80 (0.65,1.19)	0.79 (0.65,1.01)	1.22 (0.82,1.81) ^§	<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.28 (1.09,1.43)	1.22 (1.04,1.50)	1.01 (0.86,1.24) ^§	<0.001
Glucose (mmol/l)	4.8 (4.6,5.2)	4.8 (4.6,5.2)	5.0 (4.6,5.4)	0.8
HOMA-IS	78 (41,145)	45 (18,73) *	68 (33,206)	0.02

Medians and interquartile ranges or percentages are shown (or, for blood pressures, mean and standard deviation). Significant differences relative to white Europeans were derived post-hoc for variables showing significant ANOVA between group variation.
Significant differences relative to white Europeans: ^* p < 0.05; ^† p < 0.01; ^§ p < 0.001.

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