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. 2013 Jan 30;12:26. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-26

Table 1.

Unadjusted percentages, medians, or means (standard error) of selected sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics among adults aged > =20 years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1991 and 2005-2008

 
Diagnosed diabetes
 
Undiagnosed diabetes
 
Prediabetes
 
Normal
 
  1988-1991 2005-2008 P* 1988-1991 2005-2008 P* 1988-1991 2005-2008 P* 1988-1991 2005-2008 P*
N
207
457
 
92
103
 
566
850
 
2337
2539
 
Age (years) - median
59.9 (1.6)
59.8 (1.1)

58.6 (2.1)
61.6 (3.0)

56.9 (2.2)
56.5 (0.9)

38.0 (0.8)
40.9 (0.8)

Age (%)
 
 
0.783
 
 
0.531
 
 
0.257
 
 
0.001
20-39 years
13.3 (4.3)
10.8 (1.7)
 
13.2 (4.8)
6.7 (3.0)
 
18.0 (2.7)
14.7 (1.4)
 
51.5 (1.6)
46.2 (1.4)
 
40-59 years
33.6 (4.8)
37.3 (2.6)
 
38.1 (6.5)
40.8 (6.2)
 
36.2 (3.3)
41.2 (1.9)
 
30.6 (1.5)
38.8 (1.4)
 
≥60 years
53.1 (3.8)
51.9 (2.9)
 
48.7 (6.6)
52.5 (6.5)
 
45.9 (4.3)
44.1 (2.1)
 
17.9 (1.5)
15.0 (1.4)
 
Men (%)
36.4 (5.7)
44.4 (3.0)
0.221
49.5 (7.9)
56.6 (6.1)
0.482
53.3 (3.1)
47.9 (2.3)
0.170
47.9 (1.3)
48.8 (1.0)
0.567
Race or ethnicity (%)
 
 
0.268
 
 
0.932
 
 
0.020
 
 
0.004
White
73.4 (4.3)
65.3 (4.3)
 
53.3 (6.3)
55.3 (6.9)
 
63.9 (5.0)
66.7 (3.4)
 
81.1 (2.2)
73.7 (2.0)
 
African American
15.1 (3.6)
17.3 (2.9)
 
29.8 (4.9)
28.3 (4.0)
 
24.0 (3.1)
17.4 (2.5)
 
7.7 (1.0)
8.3 (1.1)
 
Mexican American
8.4 (1.4)
8.2 (1.4)
 
8.1 (2.6)
9.9 (2.7)
 
4.8 (0.5)
7.3 (1.3)
 
4.7 (0.6)
8.0 (0.9)
 
Other
3.1 (2.2)
9.2 (2.3)
 
8.8 (5.9)
6.6 (3.1)
 
7.3 (2.4)
8.6 (1.9)
 
6.5 (1.7)
9.9 (1.1)
 
≥High school graduates (%)
57.4 (5.5)
70.4 (2.2)
0.030
50.2 (5.4)
71.7 (4.8)
0.013
60.3 (2.8)
77.7 (1.7)
<0.001
79.4 (1.9)
84.4 (1.2)
0.034
Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 (%)
38.2 (5.8)
61.7 (2.8)
0.001
60.3 (7.1)
68.4 (6.2)
0.378
28.2 (2.5)
43.0 (2.0)
<0.001
17.4 (1.3)
27.5 (1.3)
<0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2)
29.6 (0.7)
32.8 (0.5)
0.001
32.6 (1.8)
34.8 (1.3)
0.343
27.6 (0.3)
30.2 (0.3)
<0.001
25.7 (0.2)
27.5 (0.2)
<0.001
HbA1c (%) 6.8 (0.2) 7.2 (0.1) 0.060 7.8 (0.3) 7.5 (0.2) 0.345 5.9 (<0.1) 5.9 (<0.1) 0.024 5.0 (<0.1) 5.2 (<0.1) <0.001

*P-value from chi-square test for categorical variables and from t-test for means.