Table 2.
Demographic summary of participating children in the TEDDY cohort
| Country | n | Female (%) | Non-Caucasian (%) | DQ2-DR3/ DQ2-DR3 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1,833 | 49.1 | 0 | 14.9 |
| Germany | 596 | 50.2 | 0.4 | 20.4 |
| Sweden | 2,525 | 49.4 | 0 | 21.8 |
| USA | 3,722 | 49.4 | 28.7 | 23.4 |
| Total | 8,676 | 49.4 | 87.6 | 20.9 |
TEDDY, The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young.
Only self-reported ethnicity was available for US subjects, with European subjects observed as being ethnically homogeneous by principal components analysis (17).