Table 1.
Japanese (n = 382) | Cau-American (n = 976) | Afr-American (n = 233) | |
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Gender1 | |||
Male | 168 (44.0%) | 445 (45.6%) | 76 (32.6%) |
Female | 214 (56.0%) | 531 (54.4%) | 157 (67.4%) |
Mean Age2 (at clinic visit) | 55.5 (14.0) | 58.4 (11.7) | 53.6 (10.4) |
Mean BMI3 (SD) | 22.58 (2.96) | 29.06 (5.84) | 32.88 (8.57) |
Mean IL-64 (SD) (pg/mL) | 1.70 (1.99) | 2.79 (2.30) | 4.16 (3.72) |
Mean sIL6r5 (SD) (ng/mL) | 37.91 (9.55) | 36.66 (10.27) | 28.48 (7.93) |
Mean CRP6 (SD) (mg/L) | 0.75 (2.00) | 2.71 (4.36) | 4.50 (6.31) |
Mean FBG7 (SD) (mg/dL) | 319.1 (64.1) | 339.5 (83.1) | 388.0 (96.7) |
Afr-Amer sample had proportionately more women and fewer men than the Cau-Amer and Japanese (p<.01). For all 3 groups, there were more female participants.
Although age ranges were similar, Cau-Americans were slightly older and the mean age of Afr-Americans was 2 years younger than Japanese (p<.001)
Japanese had significantly smaller BMIs (p<.001), and Cau-Americans were less overweight than the Afr-Americans (p<.001)
Japanese had significantly lower IL-6, and Afr-Amer were significantly above Cau-Americans (p<.01)
sIL-6r levels in Japanese were above Afr-Amer (p<.001), but not significantly above Cau-Amer (p=.52)
CRP in Japanese was dramatically below American values (p<.001); CRP in Afr-Americans was the highest (p<.001)
FBG in Japanese was below Americans (p<.001), and the levels in Afr-Americans were significantly above Cau-Americans (p=.026)