Table 2. Subject characteristics stratified by ethnicity.
| Characteristics | Arab n = 200 |
South Asian n = 99 |
Filipino n = 35 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 2 Diabetes n = 85 |
Non Type 2 Diabetes n = 115 |
Type 2 Diabetes n = 65 |
Non Type 2 Diabetes n = 34 |
Type 2 Diabetes n = 13 |
Non Type 2 Diabetes n = 22 |
|
| Age (years) |
53.9 (34.2–71.2) |
39.1 (22.6–64.4) |
52.6 (35.2–69.1) |
39.0 (25.0–57.6) |
49.3 (37.8–63.0) |
37.2 (23.2–57.8) |
| Gender (% female) |
51 (60.0%) |
70 (60.9%) |
11 (16.9%) |
13 (38.2%) |
11 (84.6%) |
13 (59.1%) |
| Smoking (%) |
8 (9.4%) |
10 (8.7%) |
6 (9.2%) |
2 (5.9%) |
1 (7.7%) |
2 (9.1%) |
| Skin AF (AU) |
2.64 (1.67–4.02) |
2.09 (1.47–3.31) |
1.90 (1.43–3.31) |
1.80 (1.36–2.59) |
2.56 (1.97–3.58) |
2.18 (1.62–3.37) |
| Reflectance (%) | 10.43 (6.47–22.02) | 10.54 (6.84–20.42) | 7.13 (6.21–10.54) | 7.82 (6.05–15.85) | 10.81 (8.16–15.05) | 9.41 (6.51–14.96) |
Arab: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen South Asian: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Values represent median (90% range) or number of subjects (%) AU: Arbitrary Units, i.e., the output units of the AGE reader.