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. 2018 Sep 6;4(1):76–85. doi: 10.1177/2380084418798818

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics: NHANES 2013 to 2016 (N = 10,472).

Entire Sample Undiagnosed Potential Diabetes Undiagnosed Prediabetes
Unweighted, n Prevalence(95% CI) Unweighted, n Prevalence(95% CI) Unweighted, n Prevalence(95% CI) P Value
Total population 10,472 240 1.6(1.3 to 2.0) 2,090 17.3(16.4 to 18.3)
Sex 0.1
 Male 5,067 48.7(47.8 to 49.6) 113 51.0(42.2 to 59.8) 1,001 46.3(44.3 to 48.3)
 Female 5,405 51.3(50.5 to 52.2) 127 49.0(40.2 to 57.8) 1,089 53.7(51.7 to 55.7)
Age, y <0.0001
 20 to 44 4,382 44.0(42.1 to 46.0) 47 22.5(14.7 to 30.4) 522 24.7(22.1 to 27.3)
 45 to 64 3,797 37.7(35.1 to 39.2) 119 52.2(42.6 to 61.7) 920 45.5(42.1 to 48.9)
 ≥65 2,293 18.3(16.8 to 19.8) 74 25.3(18.4 to 32.2) 648 29.8(26.7 to 32.8)
Race/ethnicity <0.0001
 Non-Hispanic White 4,028 65.5(60.4 to 70.6) 58 47.1(35.3 to 59.0) 665 57.8(51.8 to 63.9)
 Non-Hispanic Black 2,112 10.9(8.2 to 13.7) 64 18.6(12.6 to 24.6) 558 16.6(12.5 to 20.7)
 Hispanic 2,786 15.0(11.3 to 18.6) 75 20.7(12.4 to 29.0) 580 16.6(12.2 to 21.0)
 Non-Hispanic Asian 1,209 5.5(4.1 to 6.9) 39 11.1(6.8 to 15.4) 234 6.0(4.4 to 7.5)
 Other race/ethnicity 337 3.2(2.5 to 3.8) 4 2.5(0 to 5.7) 53 3.0(1.9 to 4.1)
Body mass index <0.0001
 Normal weight 2,795 27.6(25.8 to 29.3) 23 7.8(3.9 to 11.6) 425 19.4(17.0 to 21.8)
 Overweight 3,339 32.9(31.9 to 33.9) 64 20.5(14.0 to 27.0) 706 33.5(30.7 to 36.4)
 Obese 4,069 39.5(37.7 to 41.3) 148 71.8(64.5 to 79.1) 916 47.0(44.3 to 49.8)
Care utilization
 Health care last   year, no dental   visit 3,713 34.2(31.6 to 36.8) 88 43.7(34.5 to 52.9) 754 37.1(34.3 to 39.9) <0.0001
 Dental care last   year, no health   visit 469 4.6(4.2 to 5.1) 12 3.8(1.8 to 5.8) 92 4.0(3.1 to 4.9) 0.005
Physical activity 0.0003
 Met CDC guidelines 1,892 21.9(20.1 to 23.7) 25 14.1(7.9 to 20.3) 329 18.1(15.1 to 21.2)
 Did not meet CDC   guidelines 8,580 78.1(76.3 to 79.9) 215 85.9(79.7 to 92.1) 1,761 81.9(78.8 to 84.9)
Health insurance or  health care plan 0.6
 Yes 8,434 84.4(82.5 to 86.2) 191 83.2(79.0 to 87 to 43) 1,684 84.0(81.0 to 86.9)
 No 2,024 15.6(13.8 to 17.5) 49 16.8(12.6 to 21.0) 400 16.1(13.1 to 19.0)
Screening test 82.4(75.8 to 89.0) 73.5(70.9 to 76.0) <0.0001
 <9 6,110 45.4(43.6 to 47.3) 202 17.6(11.0 to 24.2) 1,546 26.6(24.0 to 29.1)
 ≥9 10,472 54.6(52.7 to 56.4) 240 82.4(75.8 to 89.0) 2,090 73.5(70.9 to 76.0)

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.