Identification of Potential Type II Diabetes in a Chinese Population with a Sensitive Decision Tree Approach

Table 1

Characteristics of variables.

Variables	Possible values	Diabetes	Nondiabetes	value
Age	18­34 years old	65 (4.1%)	5246 (59.2%)	<0.001
	35­49 years old	323 (20.6%)	2525 (28.5%)
	50­65 years old	1182 (75.3%)	1095 (12.3%)
Gender	Male	794 (50.6%)	2622 (29.6%)	<0.001
	Female	776 (49.4%)	6244 (70.4%)
BMI	<25	540 (34.4%)	7322 (82.6%)	<0.001
	≥25	1030 (65.6%)	1544 (17.4%)
Hypertension	Yes	462 (29.4%)	1572 (17.7%)	<0.001
	Nonhypertension	1108 (70.6%)	7294 (82.3%)
Salty food preference	No	629 (40.1%)	7208 (81.3%)	<0.001
	Yes	941 (59.9%)	1658 (18.7%)
History of cardiovascular disease or stroke	No	1311 (83.5%)	8169 (92.1%)	<0.001
	Yes	259 (16.5%)	697 (7.9%)	<0.001
Family history of diabetes	No	1038 (66.1%)	8092 (91.3%)
	Yes	532 (33.9%)	774 (8.7%)
Physical activity	Less	1299 (82.7%)	5043 (56.8%)	<0.001
	More	271 (17.3%)	3832 (43.2%)
Work-related stress	Low	301 (19.2%)	2559 (28.9%)	0.002
	Moderate	804 (50.9%)	4950 (55.9%)
	High	465 (29.9%)	1357 (15.2%)

BMI: body mass index.