Table 1.

Population Characteristics by Diabetes Status in NHANES 2013 to 2014 (N = 4434)

CharacteristicOverall*No Diabetes (n = 3810), % (95% CI)Diabetes (n = 624), % (95% CI)P-Value
Age (years)
    20 to 44186296.4 (95.2 to 97.5)3.6 (2.5 to 4.8)<.0001
    45 to 64156286.0 (83.3 to 88.8)14.0 (11.2 to 16.70
    65+101078.8 (76.6 to 81.0)21.2 (19.0 to 23.4)
Sex, %
    Male206088.4 (86.8 to 89.9)11.6 (10.1 to 13.2).08
    Female237489.9 (88.6 to 91.3)10.1 (8.7 to 11.4)
Race
    Non-Hispanic white198890.0 (88.7 to 91.1)10.0 (8.8 to 11.3).0005
    Non-Hispanic Black88485.0 (82.5 to 87.4)15.0 (12.6 to 17.5)
    Hispanic97989.2 (86.7 to 91.7)10.8 (8.3 to 13.3)
    Other58388.4 (85.7 to 91.0)11.6 (9.0 to 14.3)
Education
    ≥High school352490.1 (88.8 to 91.4)9.9 (8.6 to 11.2)<.0001
    <High school84783.6 (81.3 to 86.0)16.4 (14.0 to 18.7)
Health insurance
    Yes353388.3 (87.0 to 89.6)11.7 (10.4 to 13.0).0006
    No89693.4 (91.2 to 95.6)6.6 (4.4 to 8.8)
Physical activity
    ≥150 Minutes/week140093.2 (91.3 to 95.2)6.7 (4.8 to 8.7)<.0001
    <150 Minutes/week303487.0 (86.0 to 88.0)13.0 (11.9 to 14.0)
Body mass index
    Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2)6897.9 (94.7 to 100)2.1 (0.0 to 5.3)<.0001
    Normal (18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2)120896.4 (95.3 to 97.5)3.6 (2.5 to 4.7)
    Overweight (25 to 29.9 kg/m2)141892.3 (91.0 to 93.6)7.7 (6.4 to 9.0)
    Obese (≥30 kg/m2)170781.3 (79.3 to 83.3)18.7 (16.7 to 20.7)
Smoking
    Yes83391.9 (89.7 to 91.2)8.1 (5.9 to 10.3).03
    No360088.6 (87.2 to 90.0)11.4 (10.0 to 12.8)
Alcohol use
    Yes308190.5 (89.6 to 91.4)9.5 (8.6 to 10.4)<.0001
    No117483.9 (80.5 to 87.4)16.1 (12.6 to 19.5)
  • NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; CI, confidence interval.

  • * Unequal sample sizes due to missing values from subjects.

  • P-value for comparison of difference in proportion between diabetic and non-diabetic subjects, using χ2 test.