Table 3.
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients in-hospital according to glucometabolic category defined by OGTT at 3 months
| NGR (n = 151) | AGR (n = 50) | P | |
| Age (years) | 57 (51, 65) | 61 (52, 72) | 0.037 |
| Male | 129 (85.4%) | 36 (72.0%) | 0.032 |
| Current smoker | 67 (44.4%) | 24 (48.0%) | 0.656 |
| Treated hypertension | 38 (25.2%) | 17 (34.0%) | 0.226 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 (24.3, 28.7) | 26.1 (24.6, 28.7) | 0.741 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.1 (4.4, 5.7) | 5.1 (4.4, 5.7) | 0.839 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) | 1.27(0.89, 1.79) | 1.25 (0.96, 1.83) | 0.623 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.19 (0.97, 1.43) | 1.12 (1.00, 1.35) | 0.659 |
| Serum uric acid (mmol/l) | 334 (289, 382) | 347 (282, 409) | 0.288 |
| Microalbuminuria | 26 (18.2%) | 10 (22.2%) | 0.549 |
| scTnT (ug/l) | 4.85 (2.45, 8.31) | 4.97 (2.38, 10.25) | 0.469 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.5 (5.3, 5.7) | 5.8 (5.5, 6.0) | < 0.001 |
| Admission plasma glucose (mmol/l) | 6.6 (5.8, 7.5) | 7.4 (6.6, 8.7) | <0.001 |
| FPG (mmol/l) | 5.2 (4.9, 5.7) | 5.6 (5.1, 6.3) | 0.003 |
Data are presented as median with inter-quartile range or proportions.
AGR: abnormal glucose regulation, BMI: body-mass index, FPG: fasting plasma glucose, NGR: normal glucose regulation, scTnT: serum-cTroponinT.