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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Care. 2006 Feb;29(2):212–217. doi: 10.2337/diacare.29.02.06.dc05-1037

Table 2. Glucose and insulin by BMI percentile and race/ethnicity.

Fasting glucose by BMI 2-h glucose by BMI Fasting insulin by BMI 2-h insulin by BMI




<85th 85th to
<95th
≥95th <85th 85th to
<95th
≥95th <85th 85th to
≤95th
≥95th <85th 85th to
<95th
≥95th
Hispanic 97.9 ± 6.9 99.5 ± 7.3 100.4 ± 12.3 90.0 ± 18.6 99.1 ±20.6 104.8 ± 31.0 23.6 ± 13.3 31.3 ± 19.2 48.2 ± 23.9 82.8 ± 55.4 131.4 ± 191.1 166.6 ± 143.0
African American 96.2 ± 7.7 94.9 ± 8.7 98.1 ± 7.6 97.8 ± 16.4 99.3 ± 18.1 107.2 ± 17.1 21.8 ± 10.3 24.7 ± 12.7 38.9 ± 19.2 77.2 ± 40.4 78.1 ± 51.9 124.6 ± 98.5
Caucasian 97.0 ± 6.8 98.7 ± 7.8 100.5 ± 9.6 93.0 ± 20.8 97.7 ± 14.6 102.8 ± 18.5 20.6 ± 8.4 28.4 ± 10.4 36.8 ± 19.8 61.7 ± 32.7 77.3 ± 48.2 88.0 ± 55.7
Native American* 97.4 ± 5.2 99.1 ± 6.4 101.5 ± 5.7 112.3 ± 19.5 82.6 ± 16.0 115.6 ± 20.5 21.5 ±8.4 24.4 ± 13.1 36.0 ± 14.9 90.8 ± 50.8 42.5 ± 17.4 126.3 ± 116.6

Data are means ± SD. n = 103 “other” race/ethnicity dropped from analysis.

*

Fasting values based on sample sizes 16, 7, and 20 and 2-h values based on sample sizes 14, 7, and 19 across the three BMI percentile categories.