Table 4. BMI among patients with incident diabetes and healthy controls by ethnicity and age*.
| Population | <50 years | 50–59 years | 60+ years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-diabetic | Diabetic | p | Non-diabetic | Diabetic | p | Non-diabetic | Diabetic | p | |
| Jews born in Israel (n = 10374) | (n = 7290) 24.8 ± 5.0 | (n = 131) 30.1 ± 5.6 | <0.0001 | (n = 664) 27.0 ± 4.8 | (n = 87) 28.7 ± 5.6 | 0.006 | (n = 212) 26.7 ± 4.3 | (n = 42) 28.1 ± 4.1 | 0.046 |
| Ethiopian Immigrants (n = 7325) | (n = 4387)**22.9 ± 3.8 | (n = 169)* 25.9 ± 4.2 | <0.0001 | (n = 525)** 25.0 ± 3.8 | (n = 88) 27.3 ± 4.3 | <0.0001 | (n = 706)**24.3 ± 3.8 | (n = 116)**25.5 ± 3.5 | 0.002 |
| FSU immigrants (n = 1443) | (n = 881) 25.3 ± 4.9 | (n = 16) 29.0 ± 5.8 | 0.003 | (n = 122)** 28.4 ± 5.8 | (n = 7) 31.0 ± 7.6 | NS | (n = 135)** 28.1 ± 5.1 | (n = 21)** 32.3 ± 6.2 | 0.0008 |
* The first BMI recorded during the study period was used for this analysis. Diabetic subjects whose BMI values were missing or whose first BMI value was recorded after developing diabetes were excluded; thus BMI was available for 81%, 82%, and 82% non-Ethiopian Jews born in Israel, Ethiopian immigrants and FSU immigrants, respectively. BMI results are presented as mean ±SD,
** statistically significant difference comparisons within age and diabetes status (Yes/No) subgroups, where non-Ethiopian Jews born in Israel was the reference category, P <0.001.