Research Article

Trajectories of Postload Plasma Glucose in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in Japanese Adults

Table 2

Fixed effects in the mixed effects models for changes of fasting, 1-hour, and 2-hour plasma glucose values in 112 progressors compared to 1352 nonprogressors.

Fasting PG (mg/dL)1-hour PG (mg/dL)2-hour PG (mg/dL)
Regression coefficientSERegression coefficientSERegression coefficientSE

Intercept89.90.9105.24.2101.62.7
Time (per year)0.220.01.330.20.580.2
Progression49.97.929.05.7
Progression × time1.230.2
Progression × year 010.11.128.34.967.63.9

Piecewise mixed effects modeling adjusted for age and sex. Time = a continuous variable set at the year of diagnosis for progressors or at the last checkup for nonprogressors with 0; progression = a dummy variable, 1 for progressors and 0 for nonprogressors; all coefficients are significant, .