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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Mar 15;21(7):504–511. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.11.012

Table 3.

Age-adjusted risk factors by sex and diabetes status

Women Men

NGT
(n=176)
Impaired
fasting glucose
n=(83)
Diabetic
(n= 89)
NGT
(n=420)
Impaired
fasting glucose
(n=307)
Diabetic
(n=151)

Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) p

Age (years) 56.3 (8.6) 56.6 (8.6) 56.6 (8.2) .920 53.4 (9.0) 55.0 (8.5) 56.8 (7.6) <.001
Fasting total cholesterol (mg/dl) 196.8 (44.2) 194.0 (40.6) 202.1 (39. .462 177.9 (40. 185.3 (40.6) 180.4 (51.5) .068
Serum creatinine (mg/l) .9 (.8) .8 (.2) 1.0 (0.7) .277 1.0 (.6) 1.1 (1.2) 1.0 (0.3) .293
Fasting glucose (mg/dl) 90.0 (6.7) 108.5 (6.4) 175.0 65.3 <.001 92.0 (5.2) 107.9 (6.5) 153.1 52.4 <.001
BMI (wt in kg/ht in m**2) 28.2 (5.2) 31.2 (6.2) 32.7 (6.2) <.001 27.9 (4.2) 29.3 (4.1) 31.7 (5.8) <.001
SBP (mmHG) 115.0 (14.9) 114.6 (15.8) 121.7 (15. .002 114.7 (14. 114.0 (13.9) 118.6 (14.9) .004
DBP (mmHG) 69.6 (8.9) 68.8 (10.4) 69.9 (7.7) .718 71.1 (9.5) 71.6 (9.0) 71.9 (9.0) .642
Number of types of HTN meds used past 30 days 1.4 (1.0) 1.5 (0.9) 1.8 (0.9) .005 1.3 (0.8) 1.6 (0.9) 1.7 (1.0) <.001

% % % p % % % p

Hypertension>140/90 or reported tx 54.8 45.7 69.3 .007 38.8 44.0 56.7 .001
High blood cholesterol>=200 or brought meds 86.4 85.3 91.7 .392 80.2 80.7 82.7 .819
CHD in mother, father, sister, brother 35.8 41.4 37.0 .716 37.0 37.8 31.5 .444
Diabetes in mother, father, sister, brother 30.4 60.3 56.8 <.001 28.6 34.7 58.9 <.001
Lipid lowering drugs use past 30 days 64.8 59.0 57.3 .434 65.9 57.8 64.1 .075
  Statin use past 30 days 61.9 59.0 52.8 .360 63.5 53.5 58.0 .024
HTN medication use past 30 days 80.8 85.5 92.0 .061 85.1 92.1 92.4 .005
  Diuretic use past 30 days 20.5 16.8 31.4 .052 8.0 12.3 16.6 .013
  Alpha blocker use past 30 days 0.6 0.0 0.0 .995 2.3 4.4 3.9 .149
  Beta blocker use past 30 days 63.7 67.4 73.0 .316 73.1 79.8 72.9 .091
  Calcium channel blocker use past 30 days 22.1 20.5 33.8 .072 13.5 23.6 29.6 <.001
  Ace inhibitor use past 30 days 27.9 37.3 32.5 .301 31.1 32.5 38.1 .295
  Angiotensin receptor blockers use past 30 days 4.5 7.2 6.8 .613 1.7 1.6 6.6 .007
  Other type HTN med use past 30 days 1.1 1.2 3.4 .382 0.2 1.3 1.4 .237
DM medication use past 30 days-insulin or OHG 0.0 0.0 70.8 0.0 0.0 73.2
Daily aspirin past 30 days 82.4 83.1 69.6 .035 86.3 85.2 80.4 .229
Caucasian race 84.2 87.9 80.8 .446 92.8 93.4 89.6 .314
Current smoker 21.3 25.6 20.6 .649 15.3 12.7 14.0 .627
Ever drink alcohol 85.7 84.4 87.5 .839 95.4 95.2 95.2 .984
Had recurrent event 17.5 30.2 39.4 .001 19.1 19.2 22.4 .668

Diabetes defined as fasting glucose >125 or physician diagnosed and taking DM medication. Impaired fasting glucose defined as fasting glucose 100–125 mg/dl.

Recurrent event includes CHD and stroke (ICD 410–414,427,430–438), PTCA or angioplasty.

Some variables have missing data. P - values from GLM or logistic regression.