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Table 2 Unadjusted and age and BMI-adjusted blood-based metabolic risk factors of black and white South African women

From: The association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and metabolic risk factors in black and white South African women: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Unadjusted

Adjusted values

Black women

White women

p-value

Black women

White women

p-value

Glucose (mmol/l)

4.4 (4.1–4.8)

4.6 (4.4–4.9)

0.068

4.4 (4.3–4.6)

4.5 (4.5–4.7)

0.966

Insulin (mU/l)

8.0 (5.0–15.4)

6.1 (4.4–9.9)

0.0003

9.0 (6.5–12.4)

6.6 (5.0–8.7)

< 0.0001

HOMA-IR (units)

1.6 (1.0–3.1)

1.2 (0.9–2.1)

0.006

1.8 (1.2–2.6)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

0.0003

TC (mmol/l)

3.9 ± 0.8

4.7 ± 1.0

< 0.0001

3.8 ± 0.2

4.6 ± 0.2

< 0.0001

TG (mmol/l)

0.7 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.5

< 0.0001

0.7 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.1

< 0.0001

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.3 ± 0.4

1.7 ± 0.4

< 0.0001

1.3 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.1

< 0.0001

LDL-C (mmol/l)

2.2 ± 0.7

2.6 ± 0.9

< 0.0001

2.1 ± 0.2

2.5 ± 0.2

< 0.0001

hsCRP (μg/ml)

2.3 (1.0–5.1)

2.3 (0.8–5.2)

0.9605

2.5 (1.1–3.9)

2.0 (1.4–3.3)

0.047

  1. Data presented as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). P-values are presented as unadjusted and adjusted for age and BMI. HOMA-IR homeostasis model of insulin resistance, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hsCRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein
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