Table 2.
Distributions (n, %) of the modified FINDRISC score and its individual components: ARIC study
| Black Women (n=1,149) | Black Men (n=627) | White Women (n=4,282) | White Men (n=3,696) | |
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| Age (years) | ||||
| 45–54 | 745 (64.8) | 393 (62.7) | 2,375 (55.5) | 1,838 (49.7) |
| 55–64 | 404 (35.2) | 234 (37.3) | 1,907 (44.5) | 1,858 (50.3) |
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| Body mass index, kg/m2 | ||||
| <25 | 237 (20.6) | 185 (29.5) | 2,070 (48.3) | 1,021 (27.6) |
| 25–≤30 | 431 (37.5) | 272 (43.4) | 1,336 (31.2) | 1,916 (51.8) |
| >30 | 481 (41.9) | 170 (27.1) | 876 (20.5) | 759 (20.6) |
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| Waist circumference, cm | ||||
| Low (Women/<80; Men/<94) | 116 (10.1) | 274 (43.7) | 819 (19.1) | 1,064 (28.8) |
| Medium (Women/80–88; Men/94–102) | 225 (19.6) | 177 (28.2) | 1,101 (25.7) | 1,424 (38.5) |
| High (Women/>88; Men/>102) | 808 (70.3) | 176 (28.1) | 2,362 (55.2) | 1,208 (32.7) |
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| Antihypertensive medications | ||||
| Yes | 506 (44.0) | 191 (30.5) | 1,010 (23.6) | 807 (21.8) |
| No | 643 (56.0) | 436 (69.5) | 3,272 (76.4) | 2,889 (78.2) |
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| Family history of diabetes | ||||
| Yes | 379 (33.0) | 178 (28.4) | 1,044 (24.4) | 834 (22.6) |
| No | 770 (67.0) | 449 (71.6) | 3,238 (75.6) | 2,862 (77.4) |
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| Modified FINDRISC score | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 9.9 (3.6) | 7.6 (3.9) | 8.0 (3.6) | 7.7 (3.5) |