Clinical Study

Investigating Endothelial Activation and Oxidative Stress in relation to Glycaemic Control in a Multiethnic Population

Table 4

Mean ICAM-1 ng/mL within glucose categories of normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and impaired glucose regulation (IGR)* and stratified by ethnicity.

Combined ICAM-1 populationSouth Asian White European (SA versus WE)
n Mean
(95% CI)
n Mean
(95% CI)
n Mean
(95% CI)

NGT
14117.30
(16.47, 18.14)
6616.94
(15.70, 18.17)
7517.62
(16.47, 18.77)
0.420
IGR*18319.51
(18.65, 20.38)
6919.17
(17.87, 20.47)
11419.72
(18.57, 20.88)
0.542
(NGT versus IGR)<0.0010.0150.015

CI: confidence interval, SA: South African, WE: White European.
IGR: Predefined composite of impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes.
a values were estimated using Student’s t-tests.