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Table 4 Risk factors for diagnosis of diabetes

From: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with newly evaluated papillary thyroid cancer

 

Prevalence of diabetes (%)

p-value*

Age at diagnosis of PTC

0-44

18 (3%)

<0.0001

 

45-64

61 (11%)

 
 

65-74

23 (16%)

 
 

75+

8 (17%)

 

Sex

Male

31 (9%)

0.65

 

Female

79 (8%)

 

Race

White

78 (7%)

0.003

 

Black

8 (16%)

 
 

Hispanic

10 (14%)

 
 

Other **

14 (15%)

 
  1. *P-value calculated using age as a continuous variable.
  2. **Asian and other race categories were combined to match how race is collected in NHANES.