Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of African American cases with type 2 diabetes and controls.
| ARIC | CARDIA | JHS | MESA | WFSM | Combined | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristica | T2D cases | Controls | T2D cases | Controls | T2D cases | Controls | T2D cases | Controls | T2D cases | Controls | T2D cases | Controls |
| N | 820 | 371 | 94 | 652 | 244 | 1089 | 404 | 773 | 890 | 887 | 2452 | 3772 |
| Male (%) | 36.0 | 32.1 | 19.1 | 38.3 | 36.1 | 40.8 | 47.0 | 42.8 | 38.4 | 43.9 | 38.0 | 40.6 |
| Age (years)b | 61.4±5.9 | 59.4±6.4 | 40.5±3.8 | 38.2±4.4 | 55.6±10.7 | 49.1±10.7 | 67.6±9.3 | 65.3±10.3 | 62.2±10.1 | 47.1±11.7 | 61.3±10.1 | 51.1±13.3 |
| BMI (kg/m2)b | 32.1±6.7 | 27.6±5.8 | 33.8±8.1 | 29.6±6.8 | 34.5±7.3 | 31.1±7.3 | 31.7±6.2 | 28.7±5.8 | 29.6±7.1 | 30.1±7.1 | 31.5±7.0 | 29.8±6.8 |
a
Data are shown as count, percentage, or mean ± SD.
b
Age and BMI are shown for the last available visit for the prospective studies including ARIC, CARDIA, and MESA (Exam 4); and the baseline visit for JHS and WFSM.