Table 1 Characteristics of 773 participants with different ethnic backgrounds

From: Association of hemoglobin A1C with circulating metabolites in Dutch with European, African Surinamese and Ghanaian background

 

European (N = 301)

Ghanaian (N = 255)

African Surinamese (N = 217)

P value

Female (%)

44.5

52.5

65.9

<0.0001

Age (years)

67.1 ± 5.4

51.2 ± 8.3

55.2 ± 7.2

<0.0001

BMI

30.7 ± 3.5

29.6 ± 4.4

31.2 ± 5.8

<0.0001

Waist circumference (cm)

107.0 ± 9.8

98.5 ± 10.6

103 ± 13.4

<0.0001

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

41.7 ± 7.9

56.1 ± 19.7

46.6 ± 15.4

<0.0001

Diabetes (%)

38 (12.6)

99 (38.8)

153 (70.5)

<0.0001

  1. Kruskal–Wallis test was used to calculate P values for age, BMI, waist circumference and HbA1c
  2. χ2 test was used to calculate P values for gender and diabetes
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