Table 1.
Participants characteristics by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus for survey years 2002–2004 and 2008–2010.
| Variables | 2002–2004 | 2008–2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 8,567) | (n = 8,747) | P value | |||
| Mean, % | (SEM/P)a | Mean, % | (SEM/P)a | ||
| Continuous var., mean (SEM) | |||||
| Age, years | 45.84 | (0.20) | 47.21 | (0.19) | <0.0001 |
| Body mass indexb, Kg/m2 | 27.45 | (0.07) | 28.04 | (0.07) | <0.0001 |
| Categorical var., % (SEP) | |||||
| Male | 44.73 | (0.63) | 44.78 | (0.67) | 0.96 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 45.76 | (0.63) | 42.98 | (0.65) | 0.001 |
| Black | 40.37 | (0.61) | 41.23 | (0.65) | |
| Others | 13.88 | (0.39) | 15.79 | (0.53) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10.52 | (0.38) | 13.20 | (0.41) | <0.0001 |
aSEM: standard error of mean; SEP: standard error of proportion.
bBody mass index (BMI): weight (kg)/height (m) ∗ height (m).