Demographic features of subjects; values are mean (SE) unless stated otherwise
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whites (n=37) | Gujaratis (n=42) | Whites (n=51) | Gujaratis (n=71) | |
| NS, not significant. | ||||
| Age (years) | 33 (5) | 34 (5) | 32 (6) | 34 (5) |
| NS | NS | |||
| Weight (kg) | 86.3 (19.2) | 72.2 (8.4) | 68.2 (12.7) | 58.8 (10.8) |
| (p<0.001) | (p<0.001) | |||
| Height (m) | 1.76 (0.07) | 1.69 (0.06) | 1.63 (0.06) | 1.55 (0.05) |
| (p<0.01) | (p<0.001) | |||
| Proportion of subjects who were smokers (%) | 35.1 | 33.3 | 41.2 | 2.8 |
| NS | (p<0.001) | |||
| Amount smoked (number of pack years) | 16.3 (11) | 7.6 (4.3) | 13.0 (10.2) | 1.1 (0.6) |
| (p<0.05) | (p<0.01) | |||
| Proportion of subjects who consumed alcohol (%) | 97.3 | 73.8 | 88.2 | 41.4 |
| (p<0.01) | (p<0.001) | |||
| Alcohol consumption (units per week) | 16.0 (19.1) | 10.1 (12.8) | 5.2 (6.1) | 1.8 (1.5) |
| (p<0.01) | (p<0.001) | |||
| Use of oral contraceptive pills (%) | – | – | 25.5 | 15 |
| NS | ||||
| Sunlight exposure (>4 hours per day) (%) | 27 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 7 |
| (p<0.001) | (p<0.01) | |||
| Non-vegetarian diet (%) | 93.2 | 70.2 | 91.2 | 50.7 |
| (p<0.05) | (p<0.001) | |||