Baseline Characteristics by Culture Status
Characteristic negative
N = 377
1
positive
N = 224
1
p-value2
age 55 (14) 56 (14) 0.3
sex

0.7
    Female 67 (18%) 43 (19%)
    Male 310 (82%) 181 (81%)
race

0.5
    Caucasian 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%)
    Chinese 244 (65%) 148 (66%)
    Indian 29 (7.7%) 14 (6.3%)
    Malay 79 (21%) 42 (19%)
    Others 24 (6.4%) 19 (8.5%)
bmi 25.0 (8.9) 24.2 (5.4) 0.4
1 Mean (SD); n (%)
2 Wilcoxon rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test