Table 4

Descriptive, treatment and intermediate outcome measures by ethnic group

Ethnic Group N (%)

White

South Asian

Black African/Afro-Caribbean

Other

Not recorded

p-value*

Descriptive Measures

Mean Age

65.4

59.7

62.8

58.9

61.8

p < 0.001

Median (IQR)

(54.2–74.4)

(50.2–67.6)

(52.3–69.4)

(49.4–67.9)

(49.2–71.7)

Sex N (%)

Male

3463 (55.4)

3140 (56.6)

778 (45.9)

750 (53.7)

3507 (54.4)

p < 0.001

Female

2775 (44.4)

2381 (42.9)

913 (53.8)

638 (45.7)

2900 (45.0)

Not recorded

15 (0.2)

30 (0.5)

6 (0.4)

9 (0.6)

38 (0.6)

Mean BMI

28.7

27

28.5

27.3

27.3

p < 0.001

Median(IQR)

(25.2–33.0)

(24.3–30.4)

(25.5–32.2)

(24.6–31.1)

(24.2–31.2)

Not recorded N(%)

870(13.9)

495(8.9)

233 (13.73)

195 (14.0)

2361(36.6)

Smoker N(%)

1152 (18.4)

389 (7.0)

190 (11.2)

179 (12.8)

822 (12.8)

p < 0.001

Not recorded

281 (4.5)

430 (7.8)

82 (4.8)

94 (6.7)

1508 (23.4)

p < 0.001

Treatment Measures

On insulin N (%)

443 (7.1)

263 (4.7)

126 (7.4)

80 (5.7)

592 (9.2)

p < 0.001

On statins N (%)

1860 (29.8)

1744 (31.4)

425 (25.0)

399 (28.6)

1405 (21.8)

p < 0.001

Intermediate Outcome Measures

HbA1c < 7.4 N (%)

2368 (37.9)

1423 (25.6)

540 (31.8)

438 (31.4)

1354 (21.0)

p < 0.001

Not recorded

1100 (17.6)

1377 (24.8)

313 (18.4)

320 (22.9)

3248 (50.4)

BP < = 145 N (%)

4094 (65.5)

3711 (66.9)

1095 (64.5)

995 (71.2)

3604 (55.9)

p < 0.001

Not recorded

119 (1.9)

57 (1.0)

21 (1.2)

32 (2.3)

1035 (16.1)

Cholesterol < = 5 N(%)

2537 (40.6)

2275 (41.0)

711 (41.9)

580 (41.5)

1609 (25.0)

0.038

Not recorded

1056 (16.9)

1154 (20.8)

265 (15.6)

226 (16.2)

2953 (45.8)

p < 0.001

* note that the Chi-square tests for care process and intermediate outcome measures exclude the missing value category

Soljak et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2007 6:8   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-6-8