Table 2.
Characteristics of the sample.
| Asian ethnicity (n = 55) |
pOther ethnicities (n = 759) |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 20 | 36.4 | 345 | 45.5 | 0.191 |
| Female | 35 | 63.6 | 414 | 54.5 | |
| Hypothyroidism | |||||
| Yes | 6 | 10.9 | 69 | 9.1 | 0.653 |
| No | 49 | 89.1 | 690 | 90.9 | |
| Diabetes | |||||
| Yes | 17 | 30.9 | 91 | 12.0 | <0.001 |
| No | 38 | 69.1 | 668 | 88.0 | |
| Heart disease | |||||
| Yes | 1 | 1.8 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.600 |
| No | 54 | 98.2 | 747 | 98.4 | |
| Neurological disease | |||||
| Yes | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.400 |
| No | 55 | 100.0 | 746 | 98.3 | |
| Age | 56.8 (±9.8) | 54.4 (±10.7) | 0.957 | ||