Table 3. Subject characteristics stratified by gender.
| Characteristics | Female n = 173 |
Male n = 175 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 2 Diabetes n = 75 |
Non Type 2 Diabetes n = 98 |
Type 2 Diabetes n = 95 |
Non Type 2 Diabetes n = 80 |
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| Age (years) |
52.6 (33.7–70.6) |
36.5 (19.5–61.2) |
54.4 (34.9–71.1) |
41.7 (25.9–64.3) |
| Ethnicity |
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| Arab (%) |
51 (68.0%) |
70 (71.4%) |
34 (35.8%) |
45 (56.3%) |
| South Asian (%) |
11 (14.7%) |
13 (13.3%) |
54 (56.8%) |
21 (26.3%) |
| Filipino (%) |
11 (14.7%) |
13 (13.3%) |
2 (2.1%) |
9 (11.3%) |
| Other or mix (%) |
2 (2.7%) |
2 (2.0%) |
5 (5.3%) |
5 (6.3%) |
| Smoking (%) |
1 (1.3%) |
4 (4.1%) |
14 (14.7%) |
11 (13.8%) |
| Skin AF (AU) |
2.64 (1.77–3.95) |
2.11 (1.60–3.41) |
2.02 (1.49–3.51) |
1.85 (1.37–2.60) |
| Reflectance (%) | 9.91 (6.40–22.89) | 10.49 (6.73–22.85) | 7.90 (6.26–14.59) | 9.00 (6.28–14.51) |
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.