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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Sep 19;308(11):1150–1159. doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.11132

Table 3.

Follow-up Characteristics of Obese Participants With and Without Incident Type 2 Diabetes

Median (IQR)
P Value
No Diabetes (n = 648) Incident Diabetes (n = 84)
Weight, kg 100.6 (87.2 to 113.2) 101.4 (91.6 to 115.9) .16

BMIa 35.5 (32.1 to 40.1) 35.9 (33.3 to 40.2) .11

Waist circumference, cm 106.7 (96.5 to 115.6) 111.8 (101.6 to 121.9) .004

Glucose, mg/dL 94 (88 to 101) 133 (111 to 157) <.001

Hemoglobin A1c, % 5.5 (5.3 to 5.8) 6.6 (6.2 to 7.5) <.001

HDL-C, mg/dL 48 (41 to 56) 47 (41 to 54) .26

Triglycerides, mg/dL 107 (77 to 148) 130 (101 to 172) <.001

Changes from baseline
 Weight change, kg 2.1 (−3.4 to 7.9) 4.5 (−2.2 to 8.5) .07

 BMI change 0.4 (−1.6 to 2.6) 1.2 (−1.1 to 2.8) .09

 Waist circumference change, cm −2.3 (−8.1 to 4.1) 0.3 (−6.3 to 5.8) .04

 Glucose change, mg/dL 1 (−6 to 8) 31 (5 to 54) <.001

 HDL-C change, mg/dL 2 (−4 to 7) 0 (−5 to 8) .24

 Triglycerides change, mg/dL 6 (−21 to 33) 16 (−27 to 50) .23

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IQR, interquartile range.

SI conversion factors: To convert glucose to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0555; HDL-C to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0259; triglycerides to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0113.

a

Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.