Table 1.
General characteristics of study population at fasting state compared by sex and separated by ethnicity
| |
Caucasians |
Asians |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | P-value | Males | Females | P-value | |
| Population (#) |
113 |
298 |
|
98 |
277 |
|
| Hormonal contraceptive users (%) |
N/A |
46.0 |
|
N/A |
15.5 |
|
| Age (yrs) |
23.1 ± 0.2 |
23.1 ± 0.1 |
0.87 |
22.4 ± 0.2 |
22.1 ± 0.1 |
0.26 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
23.3 ± 0.3 |
23.1 ± 0.2 |
0.54 |
23.2 ± 0.3 |
21.2 ± 0.1 |
<0.01* |
| HOMA-IR |
1.16 ± 0.08 |
1.39 ± 0.05 |
0.02* |
1.42 ± 0.08 |
1.45 ± 0.10 |
0.84 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) |
4.88 ± 0.07 |
4.70 ± 0.02 |
<0.01* |
4.95 ± 0.04 |
4.73 ± 0.02 |
<0.01* |
| Insulin (pmol/L) |
37.1 ± 2.1 |
47.4 ± 1.7 |
<0.01* |
45.7 ± 2.3 |
48.1 ± 2.9 |
0.62 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) |
3.97 ± 0.07 |
4.35 ± 0.05 |
<0.01* |
4.13 ± 0.08 |
4.29 ± 0.04 |
<0.05* |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) |
1.38 ± 0.03 |
1.69 ± 0.02 |
<0.01* |
1.39 ± 0.03 |
1.68 ± 0.02 |
<0.01* |
| LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) |
2.16 ± 0.06 |
2.23 ± 0.04 |
0.32 |
2.29 ± 0.07 |
2.21 ± 0.04 |
0.24 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
0.96 ± 0.05 |
0.97 ± 0.02 |
0.86 |
0.98 ± 0.05 |
0.91 ± 0.02 |
0.19 |
| Free fatty acids (mmol/L) |
454 ± 24.6 |
489 ± 14.2 |
0.21 |
453 ± 21.4 |
521 ± 15.4 |
0.02* |
| % of Total Energy from Dietary Fat | 27.4 ± 0.6 | 27.9 ± 0.4 | 0.56 | 26.3 ± 0.5 | 26.2 ± 0.3 | 0.98 |
Statistical differences were determined using a Student’s T-test. The * denotes p-values which are significant (< 0.05).