Table 4.

 Plasma glucose and serum insulin concentrations in South Asian and white children

	South Asian*			White*			Difference (95% CI)
	No	Mean (SE)		No	Mean (SE)		Adjustment 1*	Adjustment 2†
Fasting
Glucose (mmol/l)	41	4.85 (0.07)		625	4.85 (0.01)		0.00 (−0.14 to 0.14)	0.02 (−0.12 to 0.15)
Insulin (pmol/l)‡	40	47.8		622	31.2		53.4% (14.4% to 105.6%)§	68.0% (29.1% to 118.5%)§
After glucose load
Glucose (mmol/l)	31	7.16 (0.32)		587	7.01 (0.06)		0.15 (−0.49 to 0.79)	0.18 (−0.46 to 0.82)
Insulin (pmol/l)‡	31	459.8		581	298.7		54.0% (19.1% to 99.0%)§	42.7% (12.8% to 80.3%)§

^*Adjusted for age, sex, and town. 

^†Adjusted for age, sex, town, childhood height, and ponderal index. 

^‡Geometric mean. 

^§P<0.005.