Table 5.

 Prevalence of glucose intolerance, dyslipidaemia, obesity, hypertension, and coronary heart disease in women. Values are numbers (percentages) age adjusted to 1991 England and Wales population

	Indian (n=154)	Pakistani (n=149)	Bangladeshi (n=56)	P value	All South Asian (n=359)	European (n=399)	95% CI for difference
Glucose intolerance:
Impaired glucose tolerance (n=305, S Asian; 380, European)	27 (19)	32 (25)	11 (34)	0.170	70 (24)	47 (12)	6.16 to 17.8
All diabetes	20 (13)	34 (23)	13 (23)	0.057	68 (18)	15 (4)	10.2 to 18.9
Dyslipidaemia:
Total cholesterol ⩾6.5 mmol/l	30 (19)	28 (19)	2 (4)	0.033	61 (17)	86 (22)	−9.95 to 0.45
HDL cholesterol ⩽0.9 mmol/l (n=345, S Asian; 385, European)	8 (5)	20 (14)	10 (21)	0.003	38 (11)	7 (2)	6.00 to 13.0
Total cholesterol:HDL cholesterol ⩾5 (n=345, S Asian; 392 European)	31 (20)	43 (29)	18 (38)	0.032	92 (26)	53 (14)	6.74 to 17.9
Triglycerides ⩾1.7mmol/l	57 (37)	59 (40)	29 (59)	0.020	145 (41)	119 (30)	4.26 to 17.4
Overweight:
Body mass index ⩾25	107 (69)	98 (66)	32 (58)	0.311	231 (66)	207 (52)	6.20 to 19.9
Body mass index ⩾30	59 (38)	50 (34)	8 (15)	0.006	117 (32)	63 (16)	10.3 to 22.2
Waist:hip ⩾0.85	65 (42)	88 (60)	29 (55)	0.006	182 (53)	66 (17)	30.2 to 43.3
Reported hypertension or blood presssure >160/95 mm Hg at screening	23 (15)	18 (12)	3 (5)	0.164	44 (14)	47 (12)	−2.20 to 6.13
Rose questionnaire:
Angina (n=358, S Asian; 372, European)	11 (7)	2 (1)	—	0.007	13 (4)	18 (5)	−4.41 to 1.47
Possible myocardial infarction (n=354, S Asian; 373, European)	24 (16)	27 (18)	8 (14)	0.728	59 (17)	24 (7)	5.48 to 15.28
Electrocardiography:
Possible coronary heart disease	29 (19)	30 (20)	7 (13)	0.051	66 (17)	55 (14)	−1.65 to 9.02
Probable coronary heart disease	12 (8)	4 (3)	—	0.023	16 (5)	4 (1)	1.88 to 6.83