Table 2.

Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk Factors and Acanthosis Nigricans by Demographic Variables

Prevalence*
VariableFamily History of Type 2 Diabetes MellitusOverweight or ObeseHypertensionHyperlipidemiaAcanthosis Nigricans
Note: total numbers of patients for each variable are given in Table 1.
* Cell entries show percentages with risk factor present followed by (number positive/number for whom information was available).
P<.001 for χ2 comparing all categories for indicated variable.
P<.05 for χ2 comparing all categories for indicated variable.
§ P <.01 for χ2 comparing all categories for indicated variable.
Total69.2 (761/1,100)60.5 (685/1,133)8.9 (97/1,087)16.6 (85/513)19.2 (218/1,133)
Age, years
    7–1167.4 (118/175)41.3 (74/179)1.8 (3/165)7.7 (5/65)19.0 (34/179)
    12–1967.2 (195/290)44.4 (135/304)4.5 (13/291)7.5 (8/106)15.8 (48/304)
    20–2971.8 (211/294)71.9 (215/299)7.2 (21/293)11.6 (15/129)17.4 (52/299)
    30–3969.5 (237/341)74.4 (261/351)17.8 (60/338)26.8 (57/213)23.9 (84/351)
Sex
    Female71.8 (491/684)59.9 (418/698)6.1 (41/671)12.9 (41/318)§19.3 (135/698)
    Male64.9 (270/416)61.4 (267/435)13.5 (56/416)22.6 (44/195)19.1 (83/435)
Race/ethnicity
    American Indian77.6 (305/393)71.4 (289/405)10.4 (40/386)16.6 (32/193)28.1 (114/405)
    Hispanic68.8 (234/340)59.1 (205/347)7.4 (25/340)20.6 (27/131)19.0 (66/347)
    White, non-Hispanic54.9 (100/182)43.2 (83/192)7.2 (13/181)12.2 (10/82)3.1 (6/192)
    Other60.9 (92/151)56.8 (88/155)9.6 (14/146)13.8 (12/87)16.1 (25/155)