Table 1.
Age-adjusted demographic and clinical characteristics, by parity category, Filipino American women, San Diego, California, 1995–2002
| Number of live births |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | 3–5 | 6–12 | P value | |
| n | 40 | 76 | 36 | |
| Age (years) | 57.1 | 59.5 | 62.4 | 0.001 |
| College graduate (%) | 57.5 | 47.4 | 22.2 | 0.006 |
| Family history diabetes (%) | 40.0 | 35.5 | 27.8 | 0.528 |
| Exercise (≥3 times/week, %) | 70.0 | 72.4 | 69.4 | 0.940 |
| Estrogen use (current, %) | 32.5 | 26.3 | 2.8 | 0.004 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/l) | 5.41 | 5.93 | 6.79 | 0.046 |
| 2-h glucose (mmol/l) | 8.69 | 10.09 | 12.09 | 0.029 |
| Fasting insulin (pmol/l) | 80.94 | 74.59 | 76.24 | 0.947 |
| 2-h insulin (pmol/l) | 435.63 | 576.36 | 542.39 | 0.157 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.98 | 3.03 | 3.25 | 0.929 |
| HOMA-β index | 119.71 | 113.27 | 96.85 | 0.438 |
| Hypertension (%) | 55.0 | 64.5 | 72.2 | 0.029 |
| Type 2 diabetes (%) | 25.0 | 30.3 | 50.0 | 0.048 |
Data are means or frequency distribution.