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. 2009 Dec 22;59(3):679–685. doi: 10.2337/db09-1378

TABLE 3.

Anthropometric and metabolic parameters at follow-up

Nonprogressors (n = 213) Progressors (n = 115) P§
Follow-up (years) 3.2 (2.8) 2.2 (3.3) <0.0001
Age (years) 14.7 (9.6)* 12.0 (5.7)* <0.0001
Height (m) 1.63 (0.25)* 1.52 (0.30)* 0.0007
Weight (kg) 57 (33)* 47 (31)* 0.0035
BMI (kg/m2) 21.1 (6.0)* 19.6 (6.1)* <0.05
Fasting glucose (mmol/l) 4.89 (0.65)* 5.75 (1.22)* <0.0001
2-h glucose (mmol/l) 6.27 (2.25)* 13.05 (6.52)* <0.0001
Glucose tolerance (NGT/IGT) (%) 81/19* <0.0001
Fasting insulin secretion (pmol/min per m2) 65 (33)* 65 (44)* ns
Insulin output (nmol/m2) 31 (14)* 21 (15)* <0.0001
Glucose sensitivity (pmol/min per m2 per mmol/l) 72 (57)* 17 (19)* <0.0001
Insulin sensitivity (ml/min per m2) 411 (76)* 380 (77)* <0.0001

Data are median (interquartile range) or n unless otherwise indicated.

§Progressors vs. nonprogressors.

*P < 0.01 vs. baseline. ns, not significant.