Table 10.25

Glucose, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 35 and over with a valid fasting blood sample						1999
Glucose (mmol/l)	Age group
	Men			Women
			All men			All women
	35-54	55 +	aged 35+	35-54	55 +	aged 35+
Observed
Black Caribbean
Mean	5.5	6.8	6.2	5.4	6.5	5.7
Standard error of the mean	0.17	0.37	0.23	0.12	0.32	0.13
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	4.9	25.8	16.6	5.3	17.6	9.2
Indian
Mean	6.2	[6.6]	6.3	5.6	[6.6]	5.9
Standard error of the mean	0.19	[0.33]	0.16	0.16	[0.41]	0.16
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	18.8	[19.5]	19.0	7.1	[21.2]	10.5
Pakistani
Mean	6.0	[7.0]	6.3	5.9	a	6.2
Standard error of the mean	0.22	[0.56]	0.23	0.22	a	0.26
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	14.8	[27.8]	18.7	12.7	a	17.3
Bangladeshi
Mean	[6.3]	[7.4]	6.9	a	a	[6.0]
Standard error of the mean	[0.39]	[0.50]	0.33	a	a	[0.27]
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	[25.3]	[55.2]	41.7	a	a	[10.4]
Chinese
Mean	5.9	a	6.3	5.5	a	5.7
Standard error of the mean	0.20	a	0.24	0.18	a	0.21
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	11.5	a	17.2	7.6	a	9.1
Irish
Mean	5.7	6.1	5.9	5.1	5.6	5.3
Standard error of the mean	0.17	0.20	0.13	0.07	0.16	0.08
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	6.1	18.3	10.9	4.6	8.1	6.0
General population
Mean	5.6	6.0	5.8	5.1	5.4	5.3
Standard error of the mean	0.16	0.29	0.18	0.08	0.12	0.08
% >= 7.0 mmol/l	7.2	14.3	11.3	1.6	4.2	3.0
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	40	51	92	87	40	126
Indian	142	44	186	127	41	168
Pakistani	47	20	67	37	7	43
Bangladeshi	8	10	19	7	3	10
Chinese	19	7	25	27	6	33
Irish	345	224	569	460	303	763
General population	6752	8967	15718	9965	11358	21323
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	56	71	127	127	55	182
Indian	151	46	197	136	42	178
Pakistani	81	34	115	66	14	80
Bangladeshi	30	32	62	25	13	38
Chinese	54	22	76	80	22	102
Irish	116	83	199	153	108	261
General population	94	90	184	137	104	241

^a Data not shown because of small bases.

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