The Association of Hemoglobin A1c and Fasting Glucose Levels with hs-CRP in Adults Not Diagnosed with Diabetes from the KNHANES, 2017

Table 1

Baseline characteristics for participants.

	Male ()	Female ()	value
Age (years)			<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)			<0.001
Mean SBP (mmHg)			<0.001
Sedentary hours a day			0.052
hs-CRP (mg/L)			<0.001
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)			<0.001
HbA1c (%)			0.887
Triglycerides (mg/dL)			<0.001
Binge drinking frequency			<0.001
None	368 (10.4%)	1,670 (47.2%)
≤1/month	203 (5.7%)	314 (8.9%)
1/month	226 (6.4%)	188 (5.3%)
1/week	277 (7.8%)	132(3.7%)
Always	138 (3.9%)	21 (0.6%)

SBP: systolic blood pressure. Values are presented as . Mean and standard error are estimated values reflecting the complex sample weight. values represent differences between men and women by -test for continuous variables and chi-square for nominal variables.