Means and standard deviations
| English men | English women | American men | American women | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Diabetes prevalence | 0.11 (0.32) | 0.07 (0.25) | 0.16** (0.36) | 0.14** (0.34) |
| BMI | 27.84 (4.14) | 28.04 (5.29) | 28.12* (5.00) | 28.01 (6.17) |
| Waist (cm) | 101.59 (11.49) | 90.99 (12.59) | 104.44** (13.17) | 95.94** (14.40) |
| Height (m) | 1.73 (0.07) | 1.59 (0.07) | 1.74 (0.07) | 1.60 (0.07) |
| Age (years) | 65.54 (8.68) | 65.81 (8.98) | 68.87** (10.68) | 68.97** (10.44) |
| Single | 0.20 (0.40) | 0.36 (0.48) | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.48** (0.50) |
| Ever smoked | 0.72 (0.45) | 0.56 (0.50) | 0.68 (0.47) | 0.44** (0.50) |
| Medium education | 0.27 (0.44) | 0.33 (0.47) | 0.25 (0.43) | 0.32 (0.47) |
| Low education | 0.42 (0.49) | 0.42 (0.49) | 0.23** (0.42) | 0.32** (0.47) |
Non-Hispanic white individuals aged 52–85 years from the 2004 ELSA and 1999–2006 NHANES samples, respectively.
*Statistically significant at 0.05; ** statistically significant at 0.01 difference between American and English.