Table 1. Glucose, insulin, and BMI overall and by subgroup.
Race/ethnicity* | BMI percentile | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Hispanic | African American | Caucasian | Native American | <85th | 85th to <95th | ≥95th | ||
n | 862 | 379 | 247 | 44 | 876 | 341 | 501 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.3 ± 5.9 | 24.8 ± 5.9 | 24.4 ± 6.3 | 22.3 ± 4.6 | 27.6 ± 6.9 | ||||
P < 0.0001 | |||||||||
BMI percentile | |||||||||
<85th | 51.0% | 45.1% | 52.0% | 65.6% | 37.2% | ||||
85th to <95th | 19.8% | 20.6% | 20.9% | 21.0% | 16.3% | ||||
≥95th | 29.2% | 34.3% | 27.1% | 13.4% | 46.5% | ||||
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) | 98.2 ± 8.5 | 99.1 ± 9.2 | 96.5 ± 7.9 | 97.8 ± 7.5 | 99.6 ± 5.7 | 97.3 ± 7.0 | 98.3 ± 7.9 | 99.9 ± 10.8 | |
P = 0.0092 | P = 0.0172† | ||||||||
Fasting glucose ≥100 mg/dl | 40.5% | 44.5% | 32.4% | 38.8% | 45.5% | 36.5% | 42.1% | 47.0% | |
Fasting glucose ≥110 mg/dl | 6.2% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.3% | 6.8% | 4.4% | 6.7% | 8.9% | |
Fasting insulin (μU/ml) | 30.1 ± 19.1 | 33.5 ± 21.6 | 27.0 ± 15.5 | 24.4 ± 12.4 | 28.6 ± 14.0 | 22.5 ± 11.5 | 28.9 ± 16.4 | 44.8 ± 22.9 | |
P < 0.0001‡ | p < 0.0001†‡ | ||||||||
Fasting insulin ≥30 μU/ml | 36.2% | 44.3% | 29.3% | 20.5% | 36.4% | 16.0% | 36.2% | 72.3% | |
2-h glucose (mg/dl) | 97.9 ± 21.9 | 96.9 ± 24.8 | 100.8 ± 17.4 | 95.4 ± 19.6 | 108.1 ± 22.5 | 93.2 ± 18.9 | 98.5 ± 18.6 | 105.8 ± 26.4 | |
P = 0.2126 | P < 0.0001† | ||||||||
2-h glucose ≥ 140 mg/dl | 2.3% | 3.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 7.3% | 0.9% | 3.4% | 4.1% | |
2-h insulin (μU/ml) | 102.1 ± 105.7 | 121.3 ± 131.4 | 90.6 ± 67.3 | 68.6 ±41.2 | 98.1 ± 89.4 | 76.1 ±48.7 | 102.5 ± 138.9 | 148.6 ± 133.4 | |
P < 0.0001† | P < 0.0001†‡ |
Data are means ± SD unless otherwise indicated.
n = 103 “other” race/ethnicity dropped from analysis.
P value based on testing both variables as continuous measures.
Insulin log transformed for testing.