Table 1.
Demographic, health behaviors, clinical measures, blood sugar and treatment modality among individuals in Strong Heart Study Family Study with and without diabetes
| Diabetic (N = 728) |
Not Diabetic (N = 1,828) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| % or Mean (SD) | % or Mean (SD) | p | |
| Demographics and Health Behaviors | |||
| SHS Region: | |||
| Northern Plains | 23% | 37% | < 0.001 |
| Oklahoma | 31% | 26% | |
| Southwest | 46% | 27% | |
| Age (years) | 52 (14) | 41 (15) | < 0.001 |
| Female | 65% | 61% | 0.07 |
| Education (years) | 12 (2) | 13 (2) | 0.08 |
| Current alcohol use | 36% | 57% | <0.001 |
| Cigarette use: | |||
| Current | 42% | 39% | <0.001 |
| Former | 30% | 25% | |
| Never | 28% | 36% | |
| Clinical measures | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 36 (9) | 33 (8) | < 0.001 |
| Depression symptom score | 14 (11) | 12 (10) | <0.001 |
| Blood sugar | |||
| Mean fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 180 (78) | 94 (11) | < 0.001 |
| A1ca (mean %) | 8.4 (2) | 5.7 (1) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes treatment modality | |||
| None/Lifestyle only | 28% | n/a | n/a |
| Oral medication | 46% | n/a | n/a |
| Insulin | 10% | n/a | n/a |
| Oral medication + insulin | 15% | n/a | n/a |
a
Out of 649 people with diabetes and 513 people without diabetes who had fasting glucose ≥ 100 mg/dL