Does Body Mass Index and Height Influence the Incident Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Subjects?
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of T2D subjects according to height quartiles.
Variables
Males
Females
≤161 cm
161–165 cm
166–170 cm
≥171 cm
≤155 cm
156–160 cm
161–165 cm
≥166 cm
Numbers (%)
1126 (11.78%)
1638 (17.13%)
3868 (40.45%)
2930 (30.64%)
3263 (24.66)
6085 (45.98%)
3093 (23.37%)
792 (5.99%)
Age (year)
68.04 (13.57)
66.31 (12.22)
64.53 (12.50)
62.29 (12.37)
<0.001
68.79 (13.14)
65.13 (12.45)
62.37 (13.00)
61.45 (13.02)
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
22.09 (7.64)
23.32 (3.37)
23.08 (3.07)
23.29 (3.14)
0.059
22.95 (7.09)
23.11 (3.13)
23.20 (3.30)
22.90 (3.46)
0.0601
Education level (%)
<0.001
<0.001
Illiteracy
266 (23.64%)
262 (16.00%)
610 (15.77%)
408 (13.92%)
1250 (38.31%)
1428 (23.47%)
744 (24.05%)
194 (24.49%)
Below college
768 (68.21%)
1264 (77.17%)
2887 (74.64%)
2099 (71.64%)
1783 (54.64%)
4136 (67.97%)
2123 (68.46%)
543 (68.56%)
Above college
92 (8.15%)
112 (6.83%)
371 (9.59%)
423 (14.44%)
230 (7.05%)
521 (8.56%)
226 (7.49%)
55 (6.95%)
FBG (mmol/L)
9.93 (3.20)
9.88 (3.14)
9.82 (4.19)
9.77 (4.23)
0.004
9.32 (4.14)
9.21 (3.12)
9.00 (2.39)
8.98 (3.29)
0.002
OGTT (mmol/L)
14.62 (4.10)
14.33 (3.93)
13.92 (5.01)
13.79 (5.12)
0.018
12.06 (4.61)
12.02 (4.11)
11.96 (3.49)
11.90 (4.17)
0.019
TC (mmol/L)
5.11 (1.40)
5.04 (1.33)
4.93 (1.89)
4.88 (1.92)
0.351
5.29 (1.93)
5.27 (1.41)
5.23 (1.21)
5.19 (1.42)
0.360
HDL-C (mmol/L)
1.26 (0.79)
1.25 (0.66)
1.22 (0.90)
1.20 (1.05)
0.434
1.55 (1.43)
1.49 (1.26)
1.47 (0.87)
1.41 (1.27)
0.470
LDL-C (mmol/L)
2.91 (1.23)
2.87 (1.02)
2.79 (1.51)
2.77 (1.45)
0.381
3.09 (1.58)
3.00 (1.08)
2.98 (1.02)
2.93 (1.09)
0.384
TG (mmol/L)
2.49 (1.80)
2.44 (1.68)
2.30 (1.99)
2.21 (2.07)
0.395
2.49 (2.21)
2.42 (1.98)
2.40 (0.99)
2.39 (2.06)
0.402
HbA1c (%)
8.75 (3.04)
8.72 (2.88)
8.62 (3.41)
8.63 (3.22)
0.301
8.33 (3.11)
8.27 (2.06)
8.26 (1.77)
8.21 (2.29)
0.311
Data are presented as mean (SD) or number (percentage). FBG: fasting blood glucose; OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin.
