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Table 4 Population characteristics for the case-control study, using data from ENSANUT 2012

From: PM2.5 exposure as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Mexico City metropolitan area

 

Cases

Controls

 

n = 121

n = 480

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p value

Age

51.7

13.4

51.3

13.0

0.79

 Sex, men (n, %)

49

40.5

196

40.8

0.95

 Socioeconomic status (mean, SD)

0.2

1.1

−0.1

1.0

0.00

BMI (n, %)

 Normal (<  24.9)

11

12.4

72

20.4

 

 Overweight (25.0–29.9)

33

37.0

154

43.6

 

 Obesity (> 30.0)

45

50.6

127

36.0

0.04

Smoking status (n, %)

 Never

58

47.9

189

39.4

 

 Former

28

23.2

86

17.9

 

 Current

37

28.9

205

42.7

0.02

PM2.5 exposure two years before cases diagnosis (mean, SD)

 Monitor

24.4

4.0

24.4

4.3

0.89

 AOD

24.2

2.2

24.1

2.3

0.62