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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Care. 2005 Sep;28(9):2223–2229. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.9.2223

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics by Fasting Plasma Glucose Stage

Normal Glucose (< 100mg/dL)
Stage 1 IFG (100-109mg/dL)
Stage 2 IFG (110-125mg/dL)
Number of Subjects 28,335 18,738 12,878
Age in Years1,2 58.6 (11.6) 58.3 (11.5) 59.5 (11.5)
Percent Female 54.0% 53.7% 54.7%
Months of Observation1 59.3 (37.9) 59.8 (36.2) 50.7 (36.0)
History of Smoking1,3 18.8% 21.7% 22.1%
Comorbidities:
 History of MI1,2,3 5.1% 7.1% 7.9%
 History of Stroke1,2 7.5% 8.1% 9.1%
 ASCVD1,2,3 12.1% 17.3% 19.8%
 CHF1,2,3 5.6% 7.0% 9.2%
 Depression1,3 19.1% 21.0% 21.0%
Died in Stage2,3 7.2% 6.0% 7.7%
Pharmaceutical Utilization:
 Anti-Hypertensive Agents1,2,3 52.4% 66.5% 70.4%
 Lipid Lowering Agents1,2,3 24.8% 38.2% 40.7%
 Other CVD Medications1,3 28.6% 34.6% 35.3%
 Anti-Depressants2,3 31.9% 34.8% 32.8%
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)1,2,3 131 (14) 135 (13) 137 (13)
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)1,3 79 (7) 80 (7) 80 (8)
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)1,2 130 (32) 130 (32) 125 (31)
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)1,2,3 52 (16) 49 (14) 47 (13)
Triglycerides (mg/dl)1,2,3 156 (103) 189 (156) 208 (163)
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)2,3 212 (36) 215 (39) 211 (39)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)1,2,3 28.6 (5.4) 31.3 (6.4) 32.7 (6.9)
Number of Metabolic Syndrome Criteria (triglycerides, HDL, BP)1,2,3
 None 23.7% 12.8% 8.1%
 One 38.7% 34.3% 29.6%
 Two 26.2% 32.8% 35.1%
 All three 11.5% 20.2% 27.2%
Annual Clinic Visits1,2,3 9.3 (11.3) 9.7 (8.8) 11.4 (17.2)
Annual Pharmaceutical Dispenses1,2,3 16.6 (19.2) 19.8 (21.8) 22.8 (46.3)
1

Normal glucose group differs from Stage 2, p<.001

2

Stage 1 differs from Stage 2, p<.001

3

Normal glucose group differs from Stage 1, p<.001

Note: Numbers shown are means (standard deviations) or proportions (%).