Dysglycaemia and Other Predictors for Progression or Regression from Impaired Fasting Glucose to Diabetes or Normoglycaemia
Table 1
Subject characteristics according to diabetes status at baseline (normal fasting glucose (NFG), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), and diabetes). Data are shown as median (interquartile range) or (%).
All ()
NFG ()
IFG ()
Diabetes ()
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)
5.3 (5.0–5.7)
5.0 (4.8–5.2)
5.7 (5.6–5.9)
8.1 (6.6–11.1)
<0.001
Age (years)
49.3 (35.2–65.0)
42.1 (31.1–42.1)
56.8 (44.0–64.4)
65.2 (59.8–75.3)
<0.001
Weight (kg)
66.3 (59.1–76.9)
63.8 (57.3–72.8)
69.5 (61.1–80.8)
71.5 (60.8–83.2)
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
25.4 (22.6–29.5)
24.5 (22.0–27.7)
26.9 (23.9–31.4)
30.0 (25.6–33.3)
<0.001
Body fat mass (kg)
25.3 (19.3–32.8)
23.0 (17.5–30.3)
28.0 (22.1–36.2)
29.5 (21.0–37.1)
<0.001
Lean mass (kg)
38.5 (35.7–41.6)
38.4 (35.9–41.3)
38.6 (35.4–42.2)
38.7 (36.1–41.9)
0.69
Waist circumference (cm)
82.6 (74.6–92.7)
79.0 (72.5–87.4)
87.0 (78.6–96.5)
96.4 (87.1–104.6)
<0.001
Hip circumference (cm)
103.3 (97.1–111.4)
101.2 (96.2–108.3)
106.3 (99.3–106.3)
108.7 (98.9–119.8)
<0.001
WHR (waist-to-hip ratio)
0.80 (0.75–0.84)
0.78 (0.74–0.83)
0.82 (0.77–0.86)
0.88 (0.84–0.91)
<0.001
WHtR (waist-to-height ratio)
0.51 (0.46–0.58)
0.49 (0.44–0.55)
0.54 (0.49–0.60)
0.62 (0.56–0.67)
<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
121.0 (108.0–136.0)
114.0 (104.0–128.0)
128.0 (115.0–140.0)
141.0 (126.3–163.5)
<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
76.0 (68.0–84.0)
74.0 (66.0–82.0)
79.0 (71.0–86.0)
78.5 (73.0–92.8)
<0.001
Serum triglycerides (mmol/L)
1.08 (0.75–1.58)
0.94 (0.69–1.36)
1.26 (0.89–1.71)
2.01 (1.38–2.42)
<0.001
Serum HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.21 (0.98–1.47)
1.23 (1.02–1.49)
1.20 (0.95–1.45)
0.98 (0.84–1.26)
<0.001
Serum LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
2.88 (2.30–3.53)
2.71 (2.20–3.36)
3.13 (2.55–3.92)
2.96 (2.23–3.44)
<0.001
Obesity (%)
266.0 (22.8)
104.0 (14.9)
124.0 (31.4)
38.0 (49.4)
<0.001
Hypertension (mmHg) (%)
427 (36.6)
184 (26.4)
181 (45.8)
62 (81.6)
<0.001
Current smoker (%)
189 (16.2)
120 (17.1)
56 (14.2)
13 (17.1)
0.40
High alcohol consumption (%)
210 (18.0)
115 (16.5)
89 (22.5)
6 (7.9)
0.003
Low physical activity (%)
320 (27.4)
146 (21.0)
127 (32.2)
47 (61.8)
<0.001
Metabolic syndrome (%)
459 (39.3)
150 (21.6)
252 (63.8)
57 (75.0)
<0.001
“Other” metabolic syndromes
356 (30.5)
150 (21.6)
154 (39.0)
2 (68.4)
<0.001
Missing data: fasting plasma glucose and blood pressure ; body fat and lean mass ; waist, hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio ; serum triglycerides ; serum HDL cholesterol ; serum LDL cholesterol . Metabolic syndrome excluding FPG.
