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Table 1 Unadjusted percentages, medians, or means (standard error) of selected sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics among adults aged > =20 years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1991 and 2005-2008

From: Temporal changes in concentrations of lipids and apolipoprotein B among adults with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, prediabetes, and normoglycemia: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988–1991 to 2005–2008

 

Diagnosed diabetes

 

Undiagnosed diabetes

 

Prediabetes

 

Normal

 
 

1988-1991

2005-2008

P*

1988-1991

2005-2008

P*

1988-1991

2005-2008

P*

1988-1991

2005-2008

P*

N

207

457

 

92

103

 

566

850

 

2337

2539

 

Age (years) - median

59.9 (1.6)

59.8 (1.1)

58.6 (2.1)

61.6 (3.0)

56.9 (2.2)

56.5 (0.9)

38.0 (0.8)

40.9 (0.8)

Age (%)

  

0.783

  

0.531

  

0.257

  

0.001

20-39 years

13.3 (4.3)

10.8 (1.7)

 

13.2 (4.8)

6.7 (3.0)

 

18.0 (2.7)

14.7 (1.4)

 

51.5 (1.6)

46.2 (1.4)

 

40-59 years

33.6 (4.8)

37.3 (2.6)

 

38.1 (6.5)

40.8 (6.2)

 

36.2 (3.3)

41.2 (1.9)

 

30.6 (1.5)

38.8 (1.4)

 

≥60 years

53.1 (3.8)

51.9 (2.9)

 

48.7 (6.6)

52.5 (6.5)

 

45.9 (4.3)

44.1 (2.1)

 

17.9 (1.5)

15.0 (1.4)

 

Men (%)

36.4 (5.7)

44.4 (3.0)

0.221

49.5 (7.9)

56.6 (6.1)

0.482

53.3 (3.1)

47.9 (2.3)

0.170

47.9 (1.3)

48.8 (1.0)

0.567

Race or ethnicity (%)

  

0.268

  

0.932

  

0.020

  

0.004

White

73.4 (4.3)

65.3 (4.3)

 

53.3 (6.3)

55.3 (6.9)

 

63.9 (5.0)

66.7 (3.4)

 

81.1 (2.2)

73.7 (2.0)

 

African American

15.1 (3.6)

17.3 (2.9)

 

29.8 (4.9)

28.3 (4.0)

 

24.0 (3.1)

17.4 (2.5)

 

7.7 (1.0)

8.3 (1.1)

 

Mexican American

8.4 (1.4)

8.2 (1.4)

 

8.1 (2.6)

9.9 (2.7)

 

4.8 (0.5)

7.3 (1.3)

 

4.7 (0.6)

8.0 (0.9)

 

Other

3.1 (2.2)

9.2 (2.3)

 

8.8 (5.9)

6.6 (3.1)

 

7.3 (2.4)

8.6 (1.9)

 

6.5 (1.7)

9.9 (1.1)

 

≥High school graduates (%)

57.4 (5.5)

70.4 (2.2)

0.030

50.2 (5.4)

71.7 (4.8)

0.013

60.3 (2.8)

77.7 (1.7)

<0.001

79.4 (1.9)

84.4 (1.2)

0.034

Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 (%)

38.2 (5.8)

61.7 (2.8)

0.001

60.3 (7.1)

68.4 (6.2)

0.378

28.2 (2.5)

43.0 (2.0)

<0.001

17.4 (1.3)

27.5 (1.3)

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

29.6 (0.7)

32.8 (0.5)

0.001

32.6 (1.8)

34.8 (1.3)

0.343

27.6 (0.3)

30.2 (0.3)

<0.001

25.7 (0.2)

27.5 (0.2)

<0.001

HbA1c (%)

6.8 (0.2)

7.2 (0.1)

0.060

7.8 (0.3)

7.5 (0.2)

0.345

5.9 (<0.1)

5.9 (<0.1)

0.024

5.0 (<0.1)

5.2 (<0.1)

<0.001

  1. *P-value from chi-square test for categorical variables and from t-test for means.