Swedish Assyrian/Syrian
Variable Women Men Pr-value Women Men Pr-value
  N=101
(55.8)
N=80
(44.2)
  N= 89
(51.7)
N=83
(48.3)
 
HbA1c            
> 6 46.0 40.9 0.545 53.2 43.1 0.437
Triglycerides            
≥ 1.7 mmol/L 70.0 58.3 0.205 41.2 37.8 0.684
Total cholesterol            
≥4.5 mmol/L 74.5 62.5 0.171 67.1 55.4 0.106
Hypertension            
>130 or >80 81.5 76.4 0.461 53.8 60.9 0.349
Table 3: Prevalence (%) of the outcome variables increased HbA1c, elevated triglycerides, elevated total cholesterol, and hypertension (systolic/diastolic) in Assyrian/Syrian and Swedish patients with type 2 diabetes by ethnicity and sex and test of differences in distribution by ethnicity (Pr-value).