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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Apr 2;19(6):365–371. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.013

Table 1.

Mean (standard deviation) or N(%) of Baseline Characteristics According to Conversion Status at Follow-up among Participants in the Western New York Health Study (1996–2004).

Normoglycemic n=823 Impaired Fasting Glucose n=101 P-value
Mean(SD)
Age (years) 54.8(11.2) 58.1 (11.1) 0.006
BMI (kg/m2) 26.6(4.8) 28.1(5.1) 0.004
Waist (cm) 86.1(13.1) 92.0 (13.1) <0.001
Sagittal girth (cm) 19.8(3.3) 21.3 (3.2) <0.001
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) 90.3 (5.6) 94.2(4.4) <0.001
Physical activity 1.4(1.7) 1.4 (2.0) 0.95
Lifetime total pack-years 9.2 (15.3) 15.3 (22.8) 0.01
Duration of smoking (years) 22.3(13.9) 25.6 (15.0) 0.05
N (%)
Male 275 (33.4) 45 (44.6) 0.034
White, non-Hispanic 779 (94.7) 96 (96.0) 0.55
Formal education ≥ 12 years 534 (64.9) 61 (604) 0.37
Family history of T2DM 239 (30.2) 38 (40.9) 0.036
!Hypertension 171 (21.2) 36 (36.7) 0.001
Current drinking 572 (70.2) 63 (62.4) 0.11
Smoking: 0.027
Never 414 (50.3) 37 (36.6)
Former 315 (38.3) 47 (46.5)
Current 94 (11.4) 17 (16.8)

Physical activity in hrs/day ≥ moderate activity.

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Hypertension defined as SBP≥140 or DBP≥90 and/or taking anti-hypertensive medication