Table 10.23

Triglycerides, by age within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 35 and over with a valid fasting blood sample						1999
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	Age group
	Men			Women
			All men			All women
	35-54	55 +	aged 35+	35-54	55 +	aged 35+
Observed
Black Caribbean
Mean	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.4	1.1
Standard error of the mean	0.11	0.11	0.08	0.04	0.07	0.04
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	29.5	27.4	28.3	10.6	34.8	17.9
Indian
Mean	2.4	[1.9]	2.3	1.4	[1.9]	1.5
Standard error of the mean	0.27	[0.16]	0.20	0.06	[0.15]	0.06
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	53.9	[51.2]	53.2	26.4	[59.2]	34.0
Pakistani
Mean	2.1	[2.0]	2.1	1.5	a	1.6
Standard error of the mean	0.13	[0.22]	0.11	0.11	a	0.11
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	63.2	[54.2]	60.5	38.0	a	45.1
Bangladeshi
Mean	[2.9]	a	2.5	a	a	[2.0]
Standard error of the mean	[0.33]	a	0.20	a	a	[0.25]
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	[78.2]	a	64.3	a	a	[64.0]
Chinese
Mean	1.4	a	1.6	1.3	a	1.5
Standard error of the mean	0.12	a	0.15	0.11	a	0.12
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	26.6	a	33.4	23.6	a	27.8
Irish
Mean	2.3	1.7	2.1	1.5	1.6	1.5
Standard error of the mean	0.23	0.09	0.15	0.09	0.07	0.06
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	55.8	41.9	50.5	25.4	37.1	30.0
General population
Mean	2.0	1.5	1.7	1.2	1.6	1.4
Standard error of the mean	0.22	0.11	0.12	0.07	0.09	0.06
% >= 1.6 mmol/l	42.0	29.7	35.2	23.3	38.2	31.2
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	39	50	89	85	37	121
Indian	132	44	176	127	39	166
Pakistani	44	19	63	35	7	42
Bangladeshi	9	9	17	7	3	9
Chinese	18	7	25	27	6	33
Irish	337	207	544	448	292	740
General population	6910	8647	15557	9646	10881	20527
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	54	70	124	124	50	174
Indian	143	44	187	137	42	179
Pakistani	77	31	108	63	14	77
Bangladeshi	31	29	60	23	12	35
Chinese	54	23	77	81	20	101
Irish	114	77	191	151	107	258
General population	94	87	181	135	102	237

^a Data not shown because of small bases.

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