Table 4. BMI among patients with incident diabetes and healthy controls by ethnicity and age^*.

Population	<50			50–59			60+
All	Non-diabetic	Diabetic	p-value	Non-diabetic	Diabetic	p-value	Non-diabetic	Diabetic	p-value
Jews	(n = 8892) 24.97 ± 4.99	(n = 178) 30.36 ± 6.17	<0.0001	(n = 1147) 27.17 ± 5.08	(n = 130) 29.4 ± 5.82	<0.0001	(n = 1348) 27.1 ± 4.7	(n = 255) 29.1 ± 5.2	<0.0001
Arabs	(n = 10327) 26.35 ± 5.04	(n = 439) 31.53 ± 6.47	<0.0001	(n = 769) 29.5 ± 5.29	(n = 153) 32.04 ± 5.5	<0.0001	(n = 993) 28.4 ± 5.4	(n = 319) 29.5 ± 5.6	0.002
p-value	<0.0001	0.039		<0.0001	0.0001		<0.0001	0.6
Female
Jews	(n = 4599) 24.6±5.4	(n = 86) 30.9±7.1	<0.0001	(n = 626) 27.1±5.7	(n = 61) 30.0±6.5	0.0002	(n = 718) 27.6±5.2	(n = 116) 30.3±5.8	<0.0001
Arabs	(n = 5407) 26.6±5.6	(n = 229) 32.8±6.8	<0.0001	(n = 419) 31.0±5.5	(n = 90) 33.9±5.8	<0.0001	(n = 490) 30.2±6.0	(n = 145) 31.6±6.1	0.018
p-value	<0.0001	0.03		<0.0001	0.0001		<0.0001	0.08
Male
Jews	(n = 4293) 25.4±4.4	(n = 92) 29.8±5.2	<0.0001	(n = 521) 27.2±4.2	(n = 69) 28.8±5.1	0.01	(n = 630) 26.5±3.9	(n = 139) 28.1±4.5	0.0001
Arabs	(n = 4920) 26.1±4.3	(n = 210) 30.1±5.8	<0.0001	(n = 350) 27.7±4.3	(n = 63) 29.4±3.8	0.004	(n = 503) 26.7±4.0	(n = 174) 27.8±4.5	0.004
p-value	<0.0001	0.6		0.1	0.5		0.4	0.6

*The first BMI recorded during the study period was used for this analysis. Diabetic participants whose BMI values were missing or whose first BMI value was recorded after developing diabetes were excluded; thus BMI was available for 81.4% Jews and 88.5% Arabs. BMI results are presented as mean ±SD.

In rows- statistically significant difference in comparisons within age and diabetes status (Yes/No) subgroups. In columns- statistically significant difference in comparisons between and Jews versus Arabs subgroups. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index