Table 3.

Association of ancestry with glycaemia, adjusted for obesity and social factors, in 1,387 non-diabetic individuals

Characteristic	FG				HbA1c
	Model 2		Model 3		Model 2		Model 3
	Estimatea	p valueb	Estimate	p value	Estimate	p value	Estimate	p value
Intercept, mmol/l or % HbA1c	5.62		5.82		5.49		5.47
European ancestry	−0.0014	0.05	−0.0019	0.02	−0.0024	< 0.001	−0.0021	<0.001
Native American ancestry	−0.0029	0.06	−0.0035	0.02	0.0004	0.57	0.0001	0.90
Age, years
34–44	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
45–54	0.356	0.78	0.162	0.89	0.073	0.005	0.068	0.009
55–64	1.736	0.16	1.387	0.25	0.147	< 0.001	0.142	< 0.001
65–74	2.416	0.11	1.926	0.2	0.252	< 0.001	0.242	< 0.001
75–87	0.787	0.69	0.529	0.76	0.318	< 0.001	0.291	< 0.001
Male sex	0.435	0.66	0.232	0.81	−0.016	0.48	−0.022	0.31
BMI, kg/m2
<25	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
25–30	0.304	0.78	0.244	0.82	0.101	< 0.001	0.096	< 0.001
≥30	3.284	0.003	3.421	0.002	0.186	< 0.001	0.180	< 0.001
Income, US$
<20,000			−0.010	1.00			0.008	0.84
20,000–49,999			0.374	0.77			0.054	0.09
≥50,000			Ref.				Ref.
Education
Less than high school			−2.362	0.14			0.065	0.22
High school or equivalent			−3.965	0.006			0.009	0.76
Some college			−2.751	0.07			−0.002	0.95
College or more			Ref.				Ref.
Occupation
Professional			Ref.				Ref.
Service			0.662	0.63			−0.016	0.61
Manual labour			2.349	0.19			0.056	0.18
Never worked			5.266	0.005			−0.046	0.27
Private insurance vs public/other			−2.357	0.09			−0.015	0.65

To convert values for HbA_1c in % into mmol/mol, subtract 2.15 and multiply by 10.929

^aChanges in FG (mmol/l) or HbA_1c (%) per 1% change in AIMs proportion from 100% African ancestry

^bp value that change in FG or HbA_1c not = 0

Ref., reference group