Table 1. General characteristics of the sample studied, Maracaibo city, Venezuela.

	Female (n= 1050)		Male (n=954)		Total (n=2004)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
<30	308	29.3	363	38.1	671	33.5
30–49	420	40.0	350	36.7	770	38.4
≥50	322	30.7	241	25.3	563	28.1
Ethnicity
Mixed	794	75.6	740	77.6	1534	76.5
White Hispanic	171	16.3	145	15.2	316	15.8
Afro-Venezuelan	27	2.6	32	3.4	59	2.9
American Indian	47	4.5	36	3.8	83	4.1
Other *	11	1.0	1	0.1	12	0.6
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
<150	815	77.6	644	67.5	1459	72.8
≥150	235	22.4	310	32.5	545	27.2
Glycaemic status ¶
Euglycemic	774	73.9	662	69.4	1436	71.7
Impaired fasting glucose	186	17.7	212	22.2	398	19.9
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	88	8.4	80	8.4	168	8.4

*Asian and Arabic descent.

^¶Criteria according to the ADA 2016 consensus