Table 2.
Anthropometric and other characteristics of study participants.
| South Asian (n = 16) | South East Asian (n = 27) | Middle-Eastern + South European (n = 30) | Australian-born (n = 28) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGT | AGT | P | NGT | AGT | P | NGT | AGT | P | NGT | AGT | P | |
| Age (yrs) | 32.6 ± 3.5 | 31.4 ± 1.6 | 0.76 | 31.2 ± 1.0 | 30.6 ± 1.6 | 0.54 | 31.4 ± 1.1 | 30.6 ± 1.1 | 0.63 | 31.6 ± 1.3 | 31.9 ± 1.4 | 0.80 |
| Weight (kg) | 58.2 ± 3.2 | 62.2 ± 4.2 | 0.46 | 52.7 ± 3.3 | 60.0 ± 5.5 | 0.28 | 75.8 ± 3.4 | 83.8 ± 4.7 | 0.18 | 72.1 ± 3.7 | 68.2 ± 4.5 | 0.84 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.4 ± 1.2 | 25.4 ± 1.2 | 0.59 | 22.0 ± 1.6 | 24.4 ± 1.8 | 0.32 | 29.7 ± 1.4 | 33 ± 1.8 | 0.15 | 29.7 ± 1.4 | 33 ± 1.8 | 0.61 |
| GTT 0 hr (mmol/L) | 5.0 ± 0.2 | 5.1 ± 0.2 | 0.55 | 4.5 ± 0.1 | 5.5 ± 0.7 | 0.18 | 5.1 ± 0.2 | 6.3 ± 0.5 | 0.04 | 5.1 ± 0.2 | 6.3 ± 0.5 | 0.96 |
| GTT 2 hr (mmol/L) | 8.5 ± 1.0 | 10.1 ± 0.5 | 0.21 | 8.5 ± 0.4 | 10.2 ± 1.3 | 0.21 | 7.9 ± 0.3 | 10.5 ± 0.9 | 0.03 | 7.1 ± 0.3 | 10 ± 1.0 | 0.99 |
| Parity | 1.8 ± 1 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.34 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 0.36 | 2.7 ± 0.5 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | 0.81 | 0.88 ± 0.3 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 0.22 |