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Table 1 Characteristics of PAGE participants, by race/ethnicity and PAGE site

From: Genetic variants associated with fasting glucose and insulin concentrations in an ethnically diverse population: results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

European Americans

African Americans

Site

N

Female (%)

Age

BMI

Fasting glucose

Fasting insulin

N

Female (%)

Age

BMI

Fasting glucose

Fasting insulin,

   

yrs

kg/m2

mmol/L

pmol/L

  

yrs

kg/m2

mmol/L

pmol/L

ARIC

10221

53.4

54.2 (5.7)

26.7 (4.6)

5.5 (0.5)

60.7 (44.7)

3162

61.4

53.2 (5.8)

29.1 (6.0)

5.5 (0.6)

79.7 (58.3)

CHS

3902

58.0

72.6 (5.6)

26.1 (4.3)

5.5 (0.5)

82.4 (42.3)

607

63.1

73.0 (5.8)

27.9 (5.4)

5.5 (0.6)

77.9 (47.4)

EAGLE

3713

54.4

51.1 (19.6)

27.3 (5.7)

5.5 (1.1)

64.3 (42.5)

1791

55.5

41.5 (16.2)

28.6 (6.6)

5.3 (1.3)

75.1 (59.4)

MEC

238

44.2

67.8 (8.1)

25.2 (4.1)

4.7 (0.6)

43.5 (39.4)

157

22.3

67.8 (7.1)

27.3 (4.2)

4.7 (0.9)

43.0 (30.9)

WHI

5249

100.0

67.0 (6.9)

28.0 (6.3)

5.2 (0.5)

52.9 (41.2)

1809

100.0

62.0 (7.1)

31.6 (7.2)

5.1 (0.6)

72.9 (49.0)

Total

23323

     

7526

     

Hispanics

American Indians

Site

N

Female (%)

Age

BMI

Fasting glucose

Fasting insulin

N

Female (%)

Age

BMI

Fasting glucose

Fasting insulin

   

yrs

kg/m 2

mmol/L

pmol/L

  

yrs

kg/m 2

mmol/L

pmol/L

EAGLE

2215

50.7

41.6 (17.1)

28.1 (5.4)

5.5 (1.3)

78.1 (55.5)

      

MEC

133

33.8

67.5 (6.9)

26.1 (3.3)

4.7 (0.6)

34.9 (31.5)

      

SHCS

      

1714

56.5

55.8 (8.3)

29.4 (6.0)

5.6 (0.6)

87.5 (70.4)

WHI

792

100.0

60.0 (6.7)

28.2 (5.4)

5.1 (0.5)

63.1 (43.5)

65

100.0

62.0 (7.8)

28.8 (5.4)

5.1 (0.6)

64.2 (51.0)

Total

3140

     

1779

     

East Asians

      

Site

N

Female (%)

Age

BMI

Fasting glucose

Fasting insulin

      
   

yrs

kg/m 2

mmol/L

pmol/L

      

MEC

414

51.6

68.7 (7.9)

24.3 (3.4)

4.8 (0.6)

41.4 (23.9)

      

WHI

397

100.0

65.0 (7.4)

25.1 (4.5)

5.3 (0.5)

44.4 (25.8)

      

Total

811

           
  1. Means and standard deviations are shown for continuous characteristics. ARIC: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; CHS: Cardiovascular Health Study; EAGLE: Epidemiologic Architecture of Genes Linked to Environment; MEC: Multiethnic Cohort; WHI: Women’s Health Initiative; SHCS: Strong Heart Cohort Study; BMI: body mass index; Note: minimum BMI was 18.5 for all sites and ancestry groups.