Per capita sugar consumption and prevalence of diabetes mellitus – global and regional associations

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Correlation coefficients of per capita sugar consumption and DM based on continents and regions

Correlation		Pearson’s correlation coefficient	Significance
General		0.599	< 0.001
Continents and Regions
Africa		0.381	0.007
North America		0.285	0.238
South America		0.410	0.186
Australia/Oceania		0.796	0.107
Asia		0.660	< 0.001
	South Asia	0.684	0.050
	South East Asia	0.916	< 0.001
	Central Asia	0.968	< 0.001
	Eastern Asia	0.792	0.060
	Western Asia	0.088	0.822
Europe		0.287	0.069
	Northern	-0.165	0.649
	Eastern	0.608	0.036
	Southern	0.384	0.218
	Western	0.097	0.836

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