Table 2.

Associations between categories of impaired glucose regulation and selected cardio-metabolic risk factors

		IFG/NGT			IFG/IGT			DM
	Adjustment in addition to age and sex	Coef.	SE	p	Coef.	SE	p	Coef.	SE	p
Triglycerides (mmol/l)
	None	0.19	0.07	0.01	0.39	0.07	0.00	0.59	0.07	0.00
	BMI	0.14	0.07	0.05	0.33	0.07	0.00	0.52	0.07	0.00
	Waist	0.10	0.07	ns	0.31	0.07	0.00	0.46	0.07	0.00
	Insulin	0.15	0.07	0.03	0.29	0.07	0.00	0.48	0.08	0.00
	BMI, Waist, Insulin	0.09	0.07	ns	0.25	0.07	0.00	0.41	0.08	0.00
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)
	None	0.26	0.11	0.02	0.29	0.12	0.02	0.39	0.12	0.00
	BMI	0.19	0.11	0.09	0.21	0.12	0.07	0.30	0.12	0.01
	Waist	0.15	0.11	ns	0.19	0.12	ns	0.24	0.12	0.04
	Insulin	0.22	0.11	0.05	0.20	0.12	ns	0.23	0.12	0.06
	BMI, Waist, Insulin	0.15	0.11	ns	0.15	0.12	ns	0.16	0.12	ns
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)
	None	-0.14	0.04	0.00	-0.19	0.05	0.00	-0.27	0.05	0.00
	BMI	-0.08	0.04	0.05	-0.12	0.04	0.01	-0.19	0.04	0.00
	Waist	-0.06	0.04	ns	-0.11	0.04	0.02	-0.16	0.04	0.00
	Insulin	-0.11	0.04	0.01	-0.14	0.05	0.00	-0.20	0.05	0.00
	BMI, Waist, Insulin	-0.05	0.04	ns	-0.09	0.04	0.04	-0.14	0.05	0.00
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
	None	5.43	1.49	0.00	7.02	1.56	0.00	10.82	1.54	0.00
	BMI	4.15	1.48	0.01	5.55	1.56	0.00	9.14	1.54	0.00
	Waist	3.67	1.49	0.01	5.39	1.55	0.00	8.38	1.56	0.00
	Insulin	4.57	1.50	0.00	5.72	1.59	0.00	9.48	1.64	0.00
	BMI, Waist, Insulin	3.45	1.50	0.02	4.87	1.58	0.00	8.42	1.64	0.00

ns: p ≥ 0.10.

NFG: normal fasting glucose; IFG: impaired fasting glucose; NGT: normal glucose tolerance; IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; DM: diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; waist: waist circumference; insulin: serum fasting insulin.