| Table 3: Results of laboratory tests for metabolic characteristics* | |||
| Group; mean value | |||
| Characteristic |
People of South Asian origin n = 31 |
People of European origin n = 20 | p value |
| Fasting glucose concentration, mmol/L | 5.3 | 5.0 | < 0.07 |
| Fasting insulin concentration, natural log, pmol/L | 4.7 | 4.3 | < 0.06 |
| Fasting triglyceride concentration, natural log, mmol/L | 0.6 | 0.3 | NS |
| 2 hours after glucose load | |||
| Glucose concentration, mmol/L | 7.1 | 5.6 | < 0.01 |
| Insulin concentration, natural log, pmol/L | 6.3 | 5.4 | < 0.005 |
| Triglyceride concentration, natural log, mmol/L | 0.7 | 0.5 | NS |
| Homeostatic model assessment, natural log | 1.27 | 0.79 | < 0.04 |
| HbA1C | 7.4 | 7.2 | NS |
| Impaired glucose tolerance, % of participants | 34.5 | 9.5 | < 0.04 |
| Lipoprotein (a) concentration, natural log, mg/dL | 5.5 | 4.6 | < 0.02 |
| Total cholesterol concentration, mmol/L | 5.1 | 5.0 | NS |
| HDL cholesterol concentration, mmol/L | 1.0 | 1.2 | < 0.01 |
| Ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol | 5.1 | 4.2 | < 0.05 |
| Urine microalbumin, natural log, g/L | 21 | 8.5 | < 0.09 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 119 | 116 | NS |
| Intimal medial thickness, mm | 0.65 ± 0.19 | 0.72 ± 0.17 | NS |
| Body mass index, kg/m2† | 27.3 | 26.5 | NS |
| Waist-to-hip ratio† | 0.92 | 0.96 | NS |
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*All means are age- and sex-adjusted, except where otherwise indicated.
†Age-adjusted only. | |||
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