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Table 5 The relationship between ethnicity and SVC in Study 2 (N = 107).

From: Does insulin resistance co-exist with glucocorticoid resistance in the metabolic syndrome? Studies comparing skin sensitivity to glucocorticoids in individuals with and without acanthosis nigricans

SVC Response

ETHNICITY

Total

 

AFRO

INDO

OTHER

 

0

19 (59.4)

36 (54.5)

5 (55.6)

60 (56.1)

1

4 (12.5)

5 (7.60

0 (0.00

9 (8.4)

2

1 (3.1)

1 (1.5)

1 (11.1)

3 (2.8)

3

3 (9.4)

6 (9.1)

1 (11.1)

10 (9.3)

4

5 (15.6)

18 (27.3)

2 (22.1)'

25 (23.4)

TOTAL

32

66

9

107

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