Table 2.

Characteristics of study populations.

Characteristics	Hungarian General Population (N = 1394)	Roma Population (N = 1008)	p-Value
Female	52.87	60.89	<0.001
Average age (years)	44.17 ± 12.10	40.03 ± 12.42	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	27.43 ± 5.39	26.76 ± 9.46	0.024
Fasting glucose level (mmol/L)	4.82 ± 1.67	5.28 ± 1.94	<0.001
HDL-C level (mmol/L)	1.42 ± 0.46	1.31 ± 0.41	<0.001
TG level (mmol/L)	1.64 ± 1.68	1.63 ± 1.40	0.864
Elevated fasting glucose level (>5.6 mmol/L) and/or diabetes treatment (%)	15.16	22.87	<0.001

Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation (SD). BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TG, triglyceride.