Table 1

Ethnic composition, age, gender, and BMI among all adults and Hispanic/Latino subgroups with diabetes and NHANES and 10 CVOTs

NHANES 2007–2008*
(%)
NHANES 2015–2016*
(%)
Weighted trial composite†
(%)
Trial range‡
(%)
Racial/Ethnic Composition
 Hispanic/Latino11.918.218.512.2–29.1
 Mexican American7.611.8
Age (mean)§
 All59.359.963.660.3–65.2
 Hispanic/Latino56.954.4
 Mexican American56.454.1
Female
 All52.544.933.228.5–39.3
 Hispanic/Latino¶54.148.2
 Mexican-American52.046.9
BMI (mean)
 All32.832.931.028.7–32.8
 Hispanic/Latino31.732.9
 Mexican-American31.633.2
  • *The definition for diabetes used in NHANES was self-report.

  • †Trial composition was weighted according to the size of the sample population for each trial.

  • ‡Range was defined by the lowest and highest averages among the included trials for each variable.

  • §Some trials reported median rather than mean.

  • ¶Data have been reported for one trial (TECOS).

  • BMI, body mass index; CVOTs, cardiovascular outcomes trials; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.