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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 5.

Factors Independently Associated With Incident Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Adults

Absolute Risk Increase, % Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value χ2 Value
Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Participants Without Diabetes at Baseline
Fasting blood glucose, per 1 SD (1.1 mg/dL)a 5.7 1.88 (1.38–2.56) <.001 16.1

Family history of diabetes 6.8 2.32 (1.25–4.29) .008 7.1

Systolic blood pressure, per 10 mm Hg 2.0 1.26 (1.07–1.48) .006 7.6

Visceral fat, per 1 SD (1.4 kg)a 8.8 2.42 (1.59–3.68) <.001 17.0

Fructosamine, per 1 SD (1.1 μmol/L)a 6.1 1.95 (1.43–2.67) <.001 17.7

Weight gain, per 1 kg 0.5 1.06 (1.02–1.10) .002 9.8

Incident Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes in Participants With Normal Fasting Glucose Values at Baseline
Fasting blood glucose, per 1 SD (1.1 mg/dL)a 9.4 1.66 (1.29–2.12) <.001 16.0

Nonwhite race 9.7 1.77 (1.08–2.91) .02 5.2

Family history of diabetes 8.9 1.60 (1.05–2.44) .03 4.8

Age, per 10 y 7.2 1.48 (1.17–1.86) .001 10.9

Visceral fat, per 1 SD (1.4 kg)a 7.3 1.48 (1.17–1.88) .001 10.8

Fructosamine, per 1 SD (1.1 μmol/L)a 6.5 1.42 (1.14–1.75) .001 10.2

Insulin, per 1 SD (1.7 μU/mL)a 5.7 1.34 (1.06–1.70) .01 6.1

Weight gain, per 1 kg 1.2 1.08 (1.05–1.10) <.001 40.9
a

Incremental change equivalent to a 1-SD difference in the log-transformed continuous variable.