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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of subjects

From: Dietary food patterns and glucose/insulin homeostasis: a cross-sectional study involving 24,182 adult Americans

Characteristics

Overall

Non-diabetic subjects

Diabetic subjects

p-value

Sex

Men (%)

48.9

48.4

53.1

<0.001

Women (%)

51.1

51.6

46.9

Age (Years)

45.9 ± 0.2

46.1 ± 0.2

59.6 ± 0.3

<0.001

Race/Ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) (%)

68.5

48.3

42.3

<0.001

Non-Hispanic Black (%)

11.6

19.7

21.4

Mexican-American (%)

8.3

18.9

22.7

Other Hispanic (%)

5.0

8.5

8.5

Other (%)

6.6

4.6

5.0

Marital Status

Married (%)

50.2

51.4

55.4

<0.001

Widowed (%)

8.8

7.5

15.1

Divorced (%)

10.2

9.9

12.3

Never married (%)

18.9

19.7

9.2

Education Status

Less than high school (%)

12.2

11.7

21.4

<0.001

Completed high school (%)

39.0

39.8

41.8

More than high school (%)

48.8

48.5

36.7

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.5 ± 0.1

28.4 ± 0.1

31.8 ± 0.2

<0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

98 ± 0.3

97 ± 1

107 ± 1

<0.001

Anthropometrically predicted visceral adipose tissue

179.9 ± 1.8

174.8 ± 2.3

249.2 ± 1.9

<0.001

Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)

154 ± 3

147 ± 3

215 ± 4

<0.001

Serum total cholesterol (mg/dl)

196 ± 1

190 ± 3

195 ± 2

<0.001

Serum high density lipoprotein (mg/dl)

53 ± 1.6

53 ± 2

47.1 ± 1

<0.001

Serum TG/HDL ratio

3.5 ± 0.1

3.3 ± 0.1

5.5 ± 0.7

<0.001

Serum hsCRP (mg/dl)

0.39 ± 0.05

0.40 ± 0.06

0.63 ± 0.02

<0.001

Serum Apolipoprotein (B) (mg/dL)

93 ± 2

95 ± 3

97 ± 2

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

121 ± 1

122 ± 0.3

132 ± 1

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

70 ± 1

68 ± 0.4

70 ± 0.3

<0.001

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

98 ± 0.1

91 ± 0.4

182 ± 1

<0.001

Plasma Insulin (μU/mL)

12.9 ± 0.1

12.7 ± 0.4

22.3 ± 0.1

<0.001

HOMA-IR

3.3 ± 0.08

2.9 ± 0.08

9.6 ± 0.06

<0.001

HOMA-B

15.6 ± 2.5

162.4 ± 3.6

85.5 ± 1.2

<0.001

HOMA-S

0.56 ± 0.01

0.60 ± 0.02

0.25 ± 0.01

<0.001

HbA1c (%)

5.5 ± 0.01

5.4 ± 0.01

7.4 ± 0.02

<0.001

2-h blood glucose (mg/dL)

116 ± 1

117 ± 1

273 ± 0.3

<0.001

TyG index

8226 ± 72

6785 ± 83

20,590 ± 234

<0.001

Lipid Accumulation Product

68 ± 0.5

63 ± 0.2

112 ± 0.9

<0.001

Visceral Adiposity Index

2.5 ± 0.02

2.3 ± 0.03

4.0 ± 0.05

<0.001

  1. Value are expressed as a mean and standard error of the mean (SEM) or percentage. HOMA-IR, Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; HOMA-B, Homeostatic model assessment of β-cell function HOMA-S; Homeostatic model assessment of insulin sensitivity TyG index, triglyceride-glucose index hsCRP; high sensitivity C-reactive protein, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin, TG/HDL ratio; triglyceride to high density lipoprotein. P values are for the comparison between “Non-diabetic “and “Diabetic “subjects