Table 1.

Characteristics of diabetic cases and non-diabetic controls, by racial and ethnic group, FHC, 2004–2006

Characteristic	Guyanese					Hispanics
	Diabetics	Non-diabetics	OR	95% CI	p-value	Diabetics	Non-diabetics	OR	95% CI	p-value
Total n	67	132				47	94
Sex
Males	39 (58%)	44 (33%)	2.8	1.5,5.1	<0.001	18 (38%)	38 (40%)	0.9	0.5,1.9	0.48
Females	28 (42%)	88 (67%)				29 (62%)	56 (60%)
Mean age (+/−SD)
Males	52.5+/−12.2	43.0+/−10.5			<0.001	51.9+/−18.1	45.9+/−13.3			0.16
Females	57.4+/−14.4	43.8+/−12.1			<0.001	55.8+/−11.9	42.9+/−14.0			<0.001
Mean BMI (+/−SD)
Males	28.6+/−5.0	26.4+/−5.2			0.04	31.0+/−5.6	27.9+/−5.2			0.04
Females	27.5+/−4.8	29.0+/−5.6			0.24	34.6+/−7.6	30.8+/−6.6			0.03
Mean Weight(Kg +/−SD)
Males	81.7+/−14.3	75.8+/−16.0			0.08	93.0+/−21.0	83.1+/−14.1			0.04
Females	69.9+/−14.6	71.9+/−15.7			0.55	83.4+/−21.5	79.1+/−18.8			0.35

Characteristic	African-Americans					Caucasians
	Diabetics	Non-diabetics	OR	95% CI	p-value	Diabetics	Non-diabetics	OR	95% CI	p-value
Total n	126	252				126	252
Sex
Males	48 (38%)	85 (34%)	1.2	0.8,1.9	0.23	64 (51%)	105 (42%)	1.4	0.9,2.2	0.06
Females	78 (62%)	167 (66%)				62 (49%)	147 (58%)
Mean age (+/−SD)
Males	48.6+/−10.6	43.5+/−9.4			<0.001	57.8+/−12.1	47.0+/−12.8			<0.001
Females	56.4+/−14.9	45.6+/−11.4			<0.001	62.1+/−11.7	47.6+/−15.0			<0.001
Mean BMI (+/− SD)
Males	34.2+/−6.7	29.7+/−8.3			0.002	33.0+/−8.1	28.5+/−6.2			<0.001
Females	35.3+/−9.1	32.6+/−9.1			0.04	34.4+/−8.2	30.9+/−−0.0			0.02
Mean Weight(Kg +/−SD)
Males	109.8+/−27.0	95.2+/−27.0			0.003	101.7+/−25.7	88.8+/−21.0			<0.001
Females	95.7+/−25.4	87.4+/−26.6			0.02	89.4+/−23.0	82.2+/−27.7			0.07