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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Ethnic- and sex-specific associations between plasma fatty acids and markers of insulin resistance in healthy young adults

 

Caucasian

East Asian

South Asian

Number (M/F)

461 (132/329)

362 (95/267)

104 (41/63)

Age (yrs)

23.1 ± 0.1a

22.1 ± 0.1b

22.3 ± 0.2b

BMI (kg/m2)

22.7 ± 0.1a

21.6 ± 0.1b

22.8 ± 0.3a

Total fat (g/d)

68.4 ± 1.2a

61.6 ± 1.3b

60.7 ± 2.7b

Log insulin (pmol/L)

1.57 ± 0.01a

1.59 ± 0.01a

1.71 ± 0.02b

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.72 ± 0.02a

4.78 ± 0.02a

4.90 ± 0.03b

HOMA-IR

0.78 ± 0.02a

0.82 ± 0.02a

1.08 ± 0.05b

  1. A Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variation (ANOVA) test followed by a post-hoc Mann–Whitney-Wilcoxon test was used to examine each parameter in the three ethnicities. Ethnic groups with different superscript letters (e.g. a or b) are statistically different (P < 0.05) for a given parameter. All data is represented as mean ± standard error. M/F = male/female; BMI = body mass index; HOMA-IR = Homeostasis Model of Assessment of Insulin Resistance.