. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 13.

Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Care. 2013 Nov 15;37(4):1124–1131. doi: 10.2337/dc13-1864

Table 3.

Ethnic differences (South Asian – European) in LV function in people with known diabetes

		Mean ethnic difference(95% CI)	P value
NT-proBNP (pg/ml)	Unadjusted	59.8 (2.72,116.9)	0.04
	Model 1	75.6 (22.4,128.8)	0.006
	Model 2	62.0 (5.1,118.9)	0.03
E/e’	Unadjusted	1.92 (0.88,2.96)	<0.0001
	Model 1	2.16 (1.15,3.17)	<0.0001
	Model 2	1.91 (0.86,2.96)	<0.0001
Peak s’ (cm/s)	Unadjusted	-0.41 (-0.81,-0.01)	0.05
	Model 1	-0.47 (-0.87,-0.07)	0.02
	Model 2	-0.45 (-0.87,-0.03)	0.04

Data are mean ethnic differences (South Asian- European) (95% CI). Adjustments - model 1: age and sex adjusted; model 2: age, sex, glycosylated hemoglobin and diabetes duration.