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. 2011 Jan 1;5(2):79–89. doi: 10.1186/1479-7364-5-2-79

Table 1.

Population characteristics for total sample and for each racial/ethnic group (mean ± standard deviation)

Total sample European Americans African Americans Hispanic Americans Other
Female/male (n) 122/131 51/57 40/47 28/24 3/3
Total fat (kg) 8.76 ± 5.49 8.35 ± 5.11 8.13 ± 6.02 10.77 ± 5.13 7.22 ± 4.52
AIRg (μIU/ml × 10 min) 903.9 ± 708.4 619.1 ± 425.4 1235.4 ± 827.5 940.8 ± 748.6 768.0 ± 328.8
SI(× 10-4/min/(μIU/ml)) 5.65 ± 3.05 6.69 ± 2.55 4.59 ± 2.61 5.32 ± 3.88 6.07 ± 3.24
FI (μIU/ml) 12.51 ± 5.89 10.91 ± 4.14 13.27 ± 5.74 14.58 ± 7.92 10.5 ± 5.13
HOMA-IR 3.02 ± 1.51 2.64 ± 1.06 3.12 ± 1.41 3.64 ± 2.11 2.47 ± 1.25

EA, European American; AA, African American; HA, Hispanic American; AIRg, acute insulin response to glucose, SI, insulin sensitivity, FI, fasting insulin; HOMA-IR, Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.